Afro American Studies
Librarian for Afro American Studies
University of Massachusetts
Available by appointment. I can meet via phone, Zoom, or other online venue. To request an online appointment or get any other help, email iespinal@library.umass.edu or call:
Librarian in New Africa House
One on one consultations
I can meet you at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, at New African House, on Zoom or other online venues. To request an appointment or get any other help, please use this form or send me an email.
(Door of New Africa House some years ago)
What's in this Guide?
Library Resources and Library Research Strategies in Afro American Studies
Books ■ Databases ■ Journals ■ Theses & Dissertations ■ Microforms ■ Librarian contact info
Course Guides for Afro American Studies Classes & Topics
Afro Am 222 Black Church In America
Afro Am 236: History of the Civil Rights Movement
Afro Am 254: Introduction to African Studies
Afro Am 297A: Black Springfield Matters
Afro Am 326: Black Women in U.S. History
Afro Am 365: Composition: Style and Organization (Junior Year Writing)
Afro Am 491 DI: Du Bois Senior Seminar
Afro Am 691C: Historiographical Methods in Afro-American Studies
Databases to start out with
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African American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowSeven nineteenth-century African American newspapers in full text, including advertising, 1827-1902.
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American Music This link opens in a new window68,000 tracks of historical recordings of jazz, blues, gospel and other genres, 1890's-1970's.
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America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowJournal articles, dissertations, and book reviews, many in full text, relating to United States and Canadian history and prehistory, 1954-present.
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Black Studies Center This link opens in a new windowCombines key indices (Schomburg, IIBP, etc) to scholarship and primary sources in Afro-American studies.
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Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new windowCollection of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the African American community from 1700s to 1975.
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Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic communities in the United States. In several languages, 1965-present.
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Historical Newspaper: Pittsburgh Courier This link opens in a new windowOne of the leading newspapers of the African American community in the U.S., with coverage from 1911-2010.
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HistoryMakers Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowThe HistoryMakers is a national 501 (c)(3) non-profit video oral history archive headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The HistoryMakers is dedicated to preserving African American history as the missing link in American history. Focused on American history, oral history and education in general and more specifically on African American history, education, music, law, the arts, science, technology, media, medicine, entertainment, fashion & beauty, business, the military, politics and sports, The History Makers is a combination archive, library, museum, stock footage collection, on-line educator and educational PBS/TV programming. Its topics include but are not limited to African American organizations and associations, slavery, reconstruction, the labor movement, the civil rights movement and black authors."
Citation Management
Use a citation manager, such as Zotero to keep track of your research.
Put all your references in one place, create quick and easy bibliographies, build your knowledgebase for the rest of your career. For help, check out the online guides and webinars or Ask a Librarian.
Some tips on using Chicago notation style with Zotero.
Spotlight on: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers & W.E.B. Du Bois Center
W.E.B. Du Bois PapersSearch and view correspondence, writings, and photographs in the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers online. And/ or visit the Special Collections and University Archives department of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, located on the 25th floor. Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., during the academic year, except major holidays. During semester breaks, on certain holidays, and in the summer, Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) is open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m |
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W.E.B. Du Bois Center
Located on the 22nd floor of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, the W. E. B. Du Bois Center was established in 2009 to engage the nation and the world in discussion and scholarship about the global issues involving race, labor and social justice.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
