Oxford African American Studies Center

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Database

Description

A collection of scholarly resources focusing on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Includes the full text of five complete Oxford reference sources, with selections from other works, resulting in 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field. Over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries, and nearly 150 maps have been collected to enhance this reference content. 150 charts and tables offer information on everything from demographics to government and politics to business and labor to education and the arts. LIMITED TO 3 CONCURRENT USERS

Sources

Full text of the following Oxford reference sources: - Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition - Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 - Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present - Black Women in America, Second Edition - African American National Biography Also, contains selected content from other Oxford publications.

Updated

Monthly

Time Span

1619 to present