African American Studies Center

The African American Studies Center provides students with more than 7,500 articles by top scholars. The core content includes the highly acclaimed Africana, which presents a powerful account of the African and African American experience in five volumes. The Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, documents the full range of the African American experience from the arrival of the black explorer, Esteban, who arrived with the Spanish in 1527, to the death of Frederick Douglass. The companion set, the Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present, offers extensive treatment of African American history into the twenty-first century. Bringing the contribution of African American women to the fore is the fascinating three-volume Black Women in America. The eight-volume African American National Biography presents African American history through the lives of its people, offering over 6,000 biographies. In addition to these core reference works, the Center draws on other key resources from Oxford's reference program, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature and selected articles from other major reference titles. Over 1,000 images, primary sources with specially written commentaries, and over 100 maps have been collected to enhance this reference content.  Over 100 charts and tables offer information on everything from demographics to government and politics to business and labor to education and the arts.