Subject Guide: African American Literature

Here are some sources you may want to consider if you are researching African American Literature:

Search Terms:

• African American Literature
• Black Literature
• Negro Literature
• Black Authors
• Afro-American Authors
  

Reference Books:

• Encyclopedia of African American women writers PS153 .N5 E49 2007 V.1
• Writing African American women : an encyclopedia of literature by and about women of color PS153 .N5 W756 2006 V.1
• Notable African American writers PS153 .N5 N68 2006 V.1
• The Oxford companion to African American literature PS153 .N5 O96 1997

Online Databases:

• Black Drama
• Black Studies Center
  
• Literature Resource Center
• Academic One File

Recommended Web Sites:

• Modern American Poetry:The Black Arts Movement
• Harlem Renaissance Multimedia Resource
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
• Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Literature--African American

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