African Americans

By Donna L. Gilton

It is the purpose of this page to list not only instructional websites, but also some research libraries, and library science and education resources about and by African Americans. Selection tools, which can be used to buy and critique materials, as well as to teach others to do so will also be listed. Some of the sources listed here discuss the learning styles of African Americans. More on this can be found on the the general page about international, multicultural, and ethnic users. There is also more information on psychological and learning theories, in general.

Websites of Instructional Activities and Other Events

• Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. The Auburn Ave. Research Library on African American Culture. Program Division.
• California State U, Long Beach. Information Competence for Black Studies.
• Howard University Libraries. Subject Guides.
• New York Public Library (NYPL). The Research Libraries. Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture. Past Programs and Performances on Videotape.
• NYPL.The Research Libraries. Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture. Programs Calendar.

Websites of Some Research Libraries

• Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. The Auburn Ave. Research Library on African American Culture.
• Broward County Library (FL). African American Research Library and Cultural Center.
• Chicago Public Library. Woodson Regional Library. Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature.
• Cornell University. John Henrik Clarke Africana Library.
• Denver Public Library. Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library.
• Duke University. John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
• Fisk University Library and Media Center. Special Collections.
• Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
• Las Vegas Clark County Library System (NV). African American Special Collection.
• NYPL Schomberg Center For Research in Black Culture.
• Purdue University. Black Cultural Center Library.
• Queens Borough Public Library. Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center.
• Temple University Libraries. Blockson Afro-American Historical Collection.
• Tulane University. Amistad Research Center.
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Ralph Bunche Afro-American Studies Library.
• University of North Carolina. Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.
• University of Pittsburgh. African American Collection.

Resources on Library and Information Services to African Americans

• Barber, John J. and Alice A. Tait. The Information Society and the Black Community. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001
• Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)
• Black Caucus of the American Library Association. (BCALA) Culturekeepers: Enlightening and Empowering Our Communities: Proceedings of the First National Conference of African American Librarians. Columbus, OH: BCALA, 1993
• _____. Culturekeepers II: Unity Through Diversity: Proceedings of the Second National Conference of African American Librarians. Newark, NJ: BCALA, 1995
• Josey, E.J. and Marva L. DeLoach (eds.) Handbook of Black Librarianship. Scarecrow, 2000 – The revision and updating of a classic title first published in the 1970s.
  

African American Selection Tools

• Black Books Galore. – A web site of African American books for children. The women who developed this web site give book fairs to promote this material and they have also published a series of bibliographies.
• Black Issues Book Review. Cox, Matthews and Associates. 10520 Warwick Ave. Suite B-8 Fairfax, VA 22030-3136
• Newsletter of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Roland Barksdale-Hall. P.O. Box 1738. Hampton, VA 23669
• QBR: The Black Book Review. 9 W. 126th. St. NY, NY 10627

Resources on the Educational Status and Needs of African Americans

• D’Oyley, Vincent (ed.) Innovation in Black Education in Canada. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1994 – From the National Council of Black Education in Canada.
• Hale, Janice E. Black Children: Their Roots, Culture and Learning Styles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U., 1982.
• _____. Learning While Black: Creating Educational Excellence For African American Children. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U. 2001
• The HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Network.
• Howard University. School of Education. The Journal of Negro Education.
• The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
• Ladson-Billings, Gloria. The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1994.
• Sizemore, Barbara. An Abashing Anomaly: The High Achieving Black Elementary School. ERIC ED 236274
  

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