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- The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 20,000 articles by top scholars in the field
- Over 2,500 images, more than 700 primary sources with specially written commentaries, and nearly 200 maps have been collected to enhance this reference content
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Slave Narratives
Some 6,000 narratives written by African American slaves were published between 1700 and 1950. Memoirs written by slaves or former slaves—full of description, emotion, and reflection—begin the canon of African American literature and this Focus On Photo essay explores these narratives and their authors. Find out more.
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Leroy Russell Burrell
Read more about the life of Leroy Russell Burrell, a track and field athlete, Olympic champion, World Champion, world record holder, and coach, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. of Find out more.
Latest blog articles
- Why War Stories Could Reinjure Those Affected
- Nine Books To Read For Black History Month [reading list]
- Celebrating Black History Month With America’s Top Musicians [playlist]
- Letters from the Antebellum
- W.E.B. Du Bois and the literature of upheaval
- Black Press: The advent of the first African American newspapers
- Celebrating African American inventors
- The African Camus
- Jazz lives in the African American National Biography
This month the African American Studies Center added 26 new articles to the site. Explore the recently published articles now.
Letter From the Editor
"The following is an excerpt from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, the companion book for the PBS series The Black Church, premiering in February 2021..."
Latest Publication
The Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography is a major biographical reference work covering the lives and legacies of notable Afro-descendants from the Caribbean and Latin American, men and women from all eras and walks of life.
