African American Studies

Oxford reference collection that focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The core content includes: African American National Biography, Dictionary of African Biography, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present, Black Women in America (2nd ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought, and The Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography.

Included commissioned overview essays by top scholars in Black Studies and Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, consisting of essays that provide an introduction to major topics in Black Studies.

A growing collection of reference books. Subjects include history, philosophy, religion, science, business, careers, literature, law, medicine, education, and more.