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Biographies and Reference sources
- Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
A comprehensive collection of scholarship that focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Includes modern biographies, such as those of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and others.
- The Cambridge Companion to James BaldwinReference articles discussing the art and politics of James Baldwin. Includes further reading.
- LION database: Author page for James BaldwinIncludes a biography, and links to criticism of Baldwin, plus articles about him in other reference works, including the The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin.
Secondary (scholarly) sources
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- ProQuest Black Studies Periodicals (International Index to Black Periodicals) This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Explore cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues in African and African-American Studies. Covers 1998 - current. - America: History & Life This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Contains information about scholarly articles on the history and culture of the U. S. and Canada. (For World History, use Historical Abstracts)
