61. IPL General/Reference Collection: Biographies African American History http//afgen.com/history.html This site on AfricanAmericanhistory author International Management Group, TWI Interactive http://www.ipl.org.ar/ref/RR/static/ref15.00.00.html

the Internet Public Library Biographies Resources Reference Accounts of persons' lives written by another. Subcategories of Biographies are: Authors Entertainers Resources in this category are: African American History http://afgen.com/history.html This site on African-American history contains the text of significant speeches. There's also biographical information about famous African-Americans. Author: African Genesis (webmaster@afgen.com) Subjects: ReferenceBiographies Social SciencesEthnicity, Culture, and RaceAfrican/African-American Keywords: African-American American Women's History: A Research Guide http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html "American Women's History is designed to assist serious researchers, such as history professors, independent scholars, graduate students, and possibly upper-division undergraduates. Librarians who assist these researchers may also want to become familiar with the guide. American Women's History provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources." Author: Ken Middleton (kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu)

62. Thomas Sowell Biography / Biography Of Thomas Sowell Main Biography An African American author and economist, Sowell opposes such programs as having published extensively in economic journals and general periodicals. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/thomas-sowell/

Search BookRags.com English History Other Subjects Essays Biographies Research Topics eBooks Register Login Help Literature Study Guides ... Games Welcome, Guest Why not Login or Register Biography Navigation Main Biography How to Cite Order the PDF Home Biography Thomas Sowell Main Biography Complete Biographical Resource See related items by keyword: american thomas nevertheless carolina ... racial quotas Name: Thomas Sowell Birth Date: June 30, 1930 Place of Birth: Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America Nationality: American Ethnicity: African American Gender: Male Occupations: economist, author, educator Thomas Sowell Main Biography Thomas Sowell (born 1930) is noted for his conservative views on social and economic issues. An African American author and economist, Sowell opposes such programs as affirmative action, busing, racial quotas, minimum wage, and welfare. He has drawn fire from liberals and a number of African American leaders, while generating applause from fellow conservatives. Sowell is an advocate of the "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" philosophy, which encourages people to improve their positions not by government intervention, but by personal ambition and hard work. He believes that government initiatives to ensure a fair playing field for African Americans have actually hurt their chances for equality. Regardless of whether or not one agrees with his views, Sowell is respected as a top economist, having published extensively in economic journals and general periodicals. He also spent the better part of three decades teaching in prestigious academic institutions. Into the 1990s, his name .....

63. To His Excellency General Washington Summary / To His Excellency General Washing Phillis Wheatley’s poem To His Excellency general Washington is as unique as the In April of 1776, the author and political philosopher Thomas Paine http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-georgewashington/

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64. The Norton Anthology Of African American Literature 2e : W. W. Norton College Bo Associate editor of the African American Review; author of Jean general editorof the Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography series and The http://www.wwnorton.com/college/titles/afam/nafam2/meet_the_editor.htm

Skip navigation College Books African American Studies The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Second Edition Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University (General Ed.) Nellie Y. McKay, University of Wisconsin, Madison (General Ed.), et al. Now Available Overview Contents Audio Companion Contents Meet the Editors Endorsements Related Titles Order this book Comment on this book ... Contact your rep Meet the Editors Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Ph.D. Cambridge), General Editor. W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities, Chair of the Afro-American Studies Department, and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University. Author of Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Criticism Loose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars Colored People: A Memoir The Future of Race (with Cornel West); Wonders of the African World Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man ; and The Trials of Phillis Wheatley . Editor of The African-American Century (with Cornel West);

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The Norton Anthology of African American Literature NAAAL Contents Highlights Ancillaries ... Norton The Editors Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Ph.D. Clare College, University of Cambridge), General Editor W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities, Chair of the Afro-American Studies Department, and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University Author of Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self; The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Criticism; Loose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars; Colored People: A Memoir; and The Future of Race with Cornel West. Nellie Y. McKay (Ph.D. Harvard University), General Editor Professor of American and Afro-American Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison Associate editor of the African American Review; author of Jean Toomerthe Artist: A Study of His Literary Life and Work, 1894-1936 ; and editor of Critical Essays on Toni Morrison William L. Andrews (Ph.D University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Editor, The Literature of Slavery and Freedom; Co-Editor, The Literature of the Reconstruction to the New Negro Renaissance E. Maynard Adams Professor of Englsh, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

66. African-American Studies: General Resources, Jackson Library, UNC Greensboro Because africanamerican Studies is interdisciplinary, you need to use thedatabases and For general biographical information see the Biography page. http://library.uncg.edu/depts/ref/bibs/afam.htm

UNC Greensboro Library Subjects African American Studies African-American Studies: General Resources Finding Books Finding Periodical Articles Guides Encyclopedias and Dictionaries ... Statistics Finding Books To find books in Jackson Library it's best to use a keyword search in the Library Catalog . Examples: "african americans and civil rights" or "Greensboro sit-ins." In recent years the term "african american" has become a standard term used for books. For historical topics it is best also to use older terms such as "afro american," "negro," "negroes," and "blacks." Finding Periodical Articles Because African-American Studies is interdisciplinary, you need to use the databases and indexes in the subject area closest to your topic to find journal articles. For example, if you have a literature topic use the English sources; if you have a psychology topic use the Psychology sources. To help choose a database choose a subject from Electronic Databases by Subject.

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Questia The World's Largest Online Library Primary Navigation Skip Home Page Search Page Read Page ... Subscribe Page Secondary Navigation Skip About Questia Subscribe Requirements ... Login Search the Library: Advanced Search Put exact phrases in quotes Search within Results by media type: Books Journals Magazines Newspapers Encyclopedia Research Topics We searched for: african AND american AND woman AND writer we found: results by media type: books: journal articles: magazine articles: newspaper articles: encyclopedia articles: Research Topics on: african american woman writer List All Research Topics Alice Walker Charles W. Chesnutt Edwidge Danticat ... Toni Morrison books on: african american woman writer - 18886 results More book Results: Anne, the White Woman in Contemporary African-American Fiction: Archetypes, Stereotypes, and Characterizations Book by Anna Maria Chupa ; Greenwood Press, 1990 Subjects: American Fiction20th CenturyHistory And Criticism American FictionAfrican American AuthorsHistory And Criticism Fiction Race Relations In Literature ... Whites In Literature ...image of white woman , the Anne of African American folklore...a visiting

68. The Institute For Research In African-American Studies At Columbia University 2003); general editor, Freedom on My Mind The Columbia Documentary Historyof the African American Experience (New York Columbia University Press, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/iraas/marable.html

Manning Marable Professor of History and Political Science; founding Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. Professor Marable is a prominent lecturer and interpreter of the politics and history of race in America. Since earning his Ph.D. nearly three decades ago, he has written over 275 articles in academic journals and edited volumes. He has written and/or edited nearly twenty books and scholarly anthologies, including: The Great Wells of Democracy: The Meaning of Race in American Life (New York: Basic Books, 2003); general editor, Freedom on My Mind: The Columbia Documentary History of the African American Experience (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003); co-author, with Leith Mullings, Freedom (London: Phaidon, 2002); co-editor, with Leith Mullings, Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Voices of Resistance, Reform, and Renewal: An African-American Anthology , (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000); editor, Dispatches from the Ebony Tower: Intellectuals Confront the African American Experience (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000);

69. Faculty Dr. Marable is a prolific author. Since earning his Ph.D. nearly three decades ago CCBH produces Souls, a quarterly academic journal of africanamerican http://www.columbia.edu/cu/polisci/fac-bios/marable/faculty.html

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70. African American Studies Subject Guide Most of the library materials in africanamerican studies are assigned the call Databases Go to this page for general databases that cover multiple http://library.auraria.edu/findit/subj_guides/culture/afr_amer.html

You are here: Home Find it Subject Guides Keyword Author Title Periodical Title Subject LC Call Number GovDocs Number Local Call Number ISSN/ISBN General Guides Basic research Biography Find articles Library jargon Off-campus access Plagiarism Style manuals Statistics Reference Books Books Periodical Articles Online Indexes ... Style Manuals African-American Studies This subject guide will lead you to a variety of learning materials in the area of African-American studies. The materials in this guide will lead you to reference books, circulating books, and Web Sites. In Auraria Library, many of these materials are kept under the call number on the second floor , but keep in mind that material about life, culture, issues, and people may be located nearly anywhere in the library musicians in the music section, writers in the literature section, mathematicians in the mathematics sections. Also remember that material about African-American issues may be written from many standpoints; it may be liberal or conservative or radical. As with information on any subject, you have to consider the point of view of the author and how that affects the value you will place on the information. Library of Congress Classification and Library of Congress Subject Headings Within each collection area, library materials are arranged and located by call numbers. The call number refers to a subject. Most of the library materials in African-American studies are assigned the call numbers listed:

71. TERM PAPERS -- Biographies .. Biography .. Term Papers .. Essays Biographical .. Walter Dean Myers / Childrens’ author A 5 page overview of the life and work of A general for Alexander the Great, Ptolemy I Soter s dream was to make http://www.papers24-7.com/biographies.htm

Now ! All Papers On-File Are Only $ onfiles /Page! **SAME DAY DELIVERY!** BIOGRAPHIES Listing Example Term Papers (SELECTED BIOGRAPHIES) This section contains biographies of some of the most notable people from all walks of life selected from the rest of the catalog! This Is By No Means A Complete Listing!.. If you have a specific biography in mind, please also go back to the main category list and choose the section most closely associated with that person's life or accomplishments ! A 6 page discussion of Al Capone’s life and times specifically demonstrating how his character was indicative of the "roaring twenties. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Alcapone.wps Pushkin.doc Alexander Solzhenitsyn A 10 page research paper on the life of Solzhenitsyn, the famous Russian author. The writer details his life story up until 1995. Bibliography lists 3 sources. Solzhheni.wps Tolstoy.wps The Humor Of Erma Bombeck Ermab.wps

72. Books In Print, Spring 2005, Notre Dame Magazine Online - University Of Notre Da The general known for his failure in leading the Union troops from 1862 to 1864 as This gathering of 21 interviews with the africanamerican writer and http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/sp2005/cafebooks.html

Magazine Current Issue Archives About ND Magazine Contact ND Magazine Services Magazine Mart Voluntary Subscription Fund Subscribe ... Writer's Guidelines ND Alumni ND Reflection Address Changes Alumni Association Home ... Spring 2005 Issue Compiled by Carol Schaal '91M.A. Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years Michael J. Collins, M.D., '71 (St. Martin's Press). A fast-paced memoir of the fear, heartbreak, humor and triumph of the author's four-year residency in orthopedic surgery. Can that young boy's leg be saved? How do you tell a woman she has widespread cancer? And when do you stop being bone tired? "We were learning that all the training and all the caring in the world were not going to solve every problem," Collins writes. What he also learns is the role he truly plays as a doctor, a role in which compassion is integral to the treatment. Commander of All Lincoln's Armies: A Life of General Henry W. Halleck

73. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY RESOURCES There are many general reference sources in which the contributions of AfricanAmericans Books may be searched by author, title, subject, and keyword. http://www.uno.edu/~cdac/blck_his.html

74. Prominent African Americans: Past & Present Brief Summary Renowned African American author who wrote stories, novels,anthropological folklore and an general Colin Powell Updated Link http://www.aawc.com/paa.html

A-E F-J K-O P-T ... Maya Angelou Brief Summary - A world famous poet, author, historian singer and civil rights activist. This Grammy and Horatio Alger award winner was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. The following web resources contain related information: Maya Angelou's Black Family Pledge Visions: Maya Angelou Official Website for Dr. Maya Angelou Marian Anderson Brief Summary - An African American operatic and concert singer that was renowned thoughtout the world for her extraordinary contralto voice. The first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. The following web resources have related information: Marian Anderson at the Penn. Library Marian Anderson - A Voice of Hope Josephine Baker Brief Summary - Entertainer, war heroine and civil rights activist. The following web resources have related information: Josephine Baker - Biography Josephine Baker - Quotes Josephine Baker - Bio Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Brief Summary - The official web page of the U.S. Congressman from Georgia - 2nd District. James Booker Brief Summary - Perhaps the greatest piano player in the history of New Orleans. The self proclaimed

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Mariner Books The Wind Done Gone A Novel by Alice Randall List Price: Pages: Format: Paperback ISBN: Publisher: Mariner Books Alice Randall was born in Detroit and graduated from Harvard in 1981. After a start as a journalist in Washington, D.C., she moved to Nashville to become a country songwriter. The only African-American woman ever to write a number-one country song, she has had more than twenty songs recorded. She is also a screenwriter and has worked on adaptations of Their Eyes Were Watching God Parting the Waters , and Brer Rabbit . Randall first read Gone With the Wind when she was twelve and loved the novel. Years later, a question came to trouble her: where were the mulatto children of Tara? It was a question that interested her personally: she is of mixed-race ancestry and has been told that her great-great-grandfather was Confederate General Edmund Pettus. The Wind Done Gone is Alice Randall’s first novel. top of the page Q: AR: The Wind Done Gone is a story of reading, writing, and redemption, the story of a woman, a black woman, who reads her way into writing and writes her way into redemption. It is in some sense my story. When I was a girl of six or seven I fell in love with the television series Batman . And like many loves, there was something I hated in it too: I hated the fact that no one who looked like me was in the story. For two weeks after that awareness I was frustrated. The third week I wrote myself in. I literally began to write out

76. African American Reference Sources Arranged alphabetically and includes subject headings, author and title entries . AfroAmerican Artists A bio-bibliographical Directory . 1973. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/afx/aastudies.htm

Afro-Americana Library Unit African American Studies Reference Sources This is a broad guide covering humanities and social science aspects of African-American life and culture. It is a selective list of reference sources on African-American Studies available in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. As a guide, it will lead the user to more extensive material in the subject area. Table of Contents (TOC) General Bibliographies Biographies or Biographical Sources General and Specialized Reference Books Literature By and About African-Americans ... Internet Resources GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES Return to Table of Contents (TOC) The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture Main Stacks 016.9730496.L616A

77. Oxford University Press: Thomas Jefferson: R. B. Bernstein here OUP USA Home US general Catalog History, American African American Annette GordonReed, author of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings An http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/AfricanAmerican

78. Gwynne Forster, Author Of General Fiction, Romance Novels, Non Fiction Works Gwynne Forster is a bestselling and award-winning author of twelve romance novelsand five Her first book of general fiction, WHEN TWILIGHT COMES, http://129.41.60.49/menu/catalog.cfm?dest=itempg&secid=8&linkon=category&linkid=

79. Daley Reference Literary Biography Research Guide: UIC University Library general Sources. Contemporary Authors A bioBibliographical Guide to This collection of essays on selected African American writers from the 18th http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/services/pathfinders/litbio.shtml

Plain Text Home Page Library News last updated Monday, 12-Sep-2005 19:54:55 CDT Research Guide: Literary Biography Reference Department Richard J. Daley Library 801 S. Morgan, 2nd Flr Ask A Librarian Phone: 312.996.2726 Daley Reference Home Reference Services Reference Resources All Reference Research Guides Ref Quick Links/click to select Electronic Reference Shelf Individual Research Appointments Library Instruction Live chat with a Librarian MyLibrary@UIC Reference Service Desk Hours Research Guides/Online Tutorials Researching Literary Biographies at the UIC Library General Sources Topical Sources (by nationality, ethnic or cultural group) Finding Books, Bibliographies and Other Sources of Biographical Information Internet Resources ... back to top General Sources Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields . Serial. Gale. Available online A massive work that offers a tremendous amount of information in each brief entry.

80. African American History In The U.S. Before The Civil War Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World HistoryArchives and does not presume African American history in the US in general http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/index-h.html

African American history in the U.S. before the Civil War Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives African American history in the U.S. in general The history of slavery in the United States The Amistad slave revolt (1 July 1839) ... Denmark Vesey (c.1767-1822) Eighteenth century and before Ivan van Sertima, They Came before Columbus A Review by Femi Akomolafe, 19 January 1995. Contrary to the scholarly consensus, van Sertima argues for presence of Blacks in America prior to Columbus. [This thesis was never broadly accepted]. Blacks Also Owned Miles of US Pre-Columbian Lands By Paul Barton, editorial, TOMRIC Agency (Dar es Salaam), 25 May 2001. [An example of the van Sertima thesis that Africans travelled to the New World before Columbus. The thesis is not widely supported. Note that there was extensive cohabitation between African Americans and Native Americans, so that some tribes are primary African in genetic terms, but politically Native American.] Chicago Historical Information: 1779 Jean Baptiste Point du Sable From the Municipal Reference Collection, Chicago Public Library, rev. March 1995. In 1779, the pioneer settler of Chicago, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African American from Santo Domingo, appears to have been a man of good taste and refinement, a husbandman, a carpenter, a cooper, a miller, and probably a distiller.

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