African-American Studies: Biography
Resources Covering Deceased Persons Only
- American national biography online. This link opens in a new window"Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the nation." Features thousands of illustrations, hyperlinked cross-references and links to select web sites.
- African American biographical database : AABD. This link opens in a new window
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Contains biographies and narratives of thousands of African Americans, spanning the years 1790-1950. Draws its initial content from the Chadwyck-Healey, Inc. publication: Black biographical dictionaries, 1790-1950. - World biographical information system . This link opens in a new window
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Contains full text biographical profiles of people from all centuries as well as all countries and regions worldwide. Compiles biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 20th century, and reproduces these original documents as facsimile images on the screen. The microfiche set compiles biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 20th century.
Resources that Cover Living Persons as Well as Deceased Persons
Gale Biography in Context (Gale)
"... offers authoritative reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images. Covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers, it’s continuously updated to ensure that students have access to the very latest information."
African American National Biography may be searched in Oxford African American studies center
Black women in America 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press)
may also be cross searched with other resources in Oxford African American studies center
Dictionary of literary biography complete online (Gale Cengage Learning)
AncestryLibrary.com ([Distributed by] ProQuest)
Wide-ranging collections of information for conducting genealogical and local history research. Includes: digitized images of the United States Federal Census from 1790 forward; the American Genealogical Biographical Index; Passenger and Immigration Lists Index; United Kingdom and United States Directories 1680-1830; court, land, and probate records; and many other resources.