Black Studies 101 - The African-American in U.S. History to World War II

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Students will find print and electronic resources on topics . The information contained in this resource are recommended sources for students to conduct research.

  • Class: Black Studies 101
  • Instructor: A. Yonemura, Ph.D.
  • Topic: Researching Topics

Catalog Course Description: This course in an historical survey of black people in American society and culture from the African background to World War II, with special emphasis on contributions, institutions, trends, movements, and problems relevant to Black America. A balanced emphasis is placed on social, political, economic, and intellectual considerations.

Task

Conduct research for a 20-50 minute group presentation which will briefly review the topic and educate the class further by engaging your class through participation.

Presentation Topics

  • Reconstruction, 1865-1876
  • Segregation and Jim Crow Outside of the South
  • Women
  • Racist Stereotypes, Their Histories and Uses
  • Music, Art and Literature
  • African American Christians and Muslims
  • Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Black Businesses and Educational Institutions

Group Presentation Update

The least amount of references for full credit:

  • 1 from course reading;
  • 1 from an internet site (web page) listed on the library handout/wiki;
  • 1 peer review/scholarly article or book; and
  • 1 reference book from the Luria Library

The sources which meet this criteria are from the “Reference Sources - Electronic” and the “Internet” sections of the library handout/wiki. If you have any doubt as to whether or not your webpage fits this criteria, bring the full citation to Dr. Yonemura before your presentation due date. If you have any doubt as to whether or not your chosen article or book fits the criteria of peer review/scholarly, bring the full citation to Dr. Yonemura before your presentation due date.

Keywords

Race, Racism, Afro-American, African American, Freedom of speech, Political Rights, Political persecution, Discrimination--Law and legislation

Reference Sources - Print

These resources are available in the Luria Library Reference section.

  • African American Almanac R 301.45196 E79a
  • Encyclopedia of Black America R 301.45196 L912e
  • Enyclopedia of diasporas : immigrant and refugee cultures around the world R 304.8 E53e
  • Racial and Ethnic Relations in America R 305.8 B218rR
  • The Color of Words an Encyclopedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the US R 305.8 H538c
  • Ethnic relations : a cross-cultural encyclopedia R 305.8 L657e
  • Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society R 305.8 S294e
  • Encyclopedia of racism in the United States R 305.800973 M663e
  • Gay histories and cultures : an encyclopedia 306.76 H145g
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America R 317.3 V413g
  • Africana: Encyclopedia of the African and African American R 909.0496 A647a EXCELLENT RESOURCE
  • Dictionary of American History R 973.03 A194d
  • Encyclopedia of African-American heritage R 973.0496 A468e 2000
  • Black saga : the African American experience
  • Black demographic data, 1790-1860 : a sourcebook R 973.0496 C889b
  • The timetables of African-American history : a chronology of the most important people and events in African-American history R 973.0496 H285t
  • Distinguished African American political and governmental leaders R 973.0496 H351d
  • Chronology of African-American history : significant events and people from 1619 to the present R 973.0496 H816c
  • Pan-African chronology : a comprehensive reference to the Black quest for freedom in Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia R 973.0496 J52p
  • The New York Public Library African American desk reference R 973.0496 N532a
  • Black migration R 973.0496 R347e
  • The African American encyclopedia R 973.0496 W725a 2001

Reference Sources - Electronic

These resources are available online and may require an account.


Books

Search the library catalog

Articles

Search your topic in

Internet Resources

The internet sites included here have been reviewed by the librarians and/or your instructor.


There is a wealth of primary source material on African-American history from the Library of Congress. Search for your topic here and you will find excellent materials such as: 396 pamphlets from 1824-1909 written by African-American authors and others, about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics.


Videos Available in the Learning Resource Center (LRC) across from the Library

The LRC has many excellent videos in their collection, such as

Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

CBS News: Tuskegee ; human guinea pigs for syphilis research

Marcus Garvey : Toward Black Nationhood

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Search for subjects or titles in the Media Lookup.

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