Below is just a sampling of the background sources CMU has available on African American History. To find more, use the Advanced Search in the CMU Library Catalog search for encyclopedias and "african americans" in subject.
Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features over 7,500 articles from Oxford's reference works, approximately 100 primary sources with specially written commentaries, over 1,000 images, over 100 maps, over 200 charts and tables, timelines to guide researchers through the history of African Americans and over 6,000 biographies.
Includes Africana, 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
Dictionary of African Biography, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought.
Gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and much more. It includes The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, Index to Black Periodicals Full Text, Black Literature Index, etc.
Available through the CMU Libraries Catalog. Off-campus access with AndrewID