africanamericanhistory

African American History Search media type="custom" key="4180431" =//**Rundlett Middle School**//= =//**Library Pathfinder**//= =Topic: African American History=


 * Definition/Introduction**

//__What is the topic? What does it cover?__//

//__Catalog Subject Headings or Keywords__//

//__Dewey Numbers__//


 * Print Resources**

//__Reference titles [dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, specific subject references]__//

//African American Almanac.// UXL, c1994. //African American Chronology.// UXL, c1994. //African-American Culture And History : A Student's Guide.// Macmillan Reference USA, c2001. //Encyclopedia Of African-American Culture And History.// Macmillan Library Reference USA, Simon & Schuster Macmillan, c1996. Hornsby, Alton. //Chronology Of African American History : From 1492 To The Present.// Gale Research, c1997.

//__General titles [nonfiction, any suitable fiction]__//

Be sure to check the school online catalog to find suitable materials

Frankel, Noralee, 1950- //Break Those Chains At Last : African Americans, 1860-1880.// Oxford University Press, c1996. Grant, R. G. //The African-American Slave Trade.// Barron's, 2003. Lester, Julius. //From Slave Ship To Freedom Road.// Dial Books, c1998. Patrick-Wexler, Diane. //The New York Public Library Amazing African American History : A Book Of Answers For Kids//. Wiley, c1998. Rhym, Darren. //The NAACP//. Chelsea House, c2002. Somerlott, Robert. //The Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis In American History.// Enslow, c2001. Taylor, Susie King, b. 1848. //The Diary Of Susie King Taylor, Civil War Nurse.// Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, c2004. //__Journals__//

Be sure to check the online periodical database which lists a great many articles. “The Fight to Have a Voice”. //Scholastic News -- Senior Edition//, 2/7/2005, Vol. 73 Issue 14, p6, 1p, 1c “They paved the way”. //USA// //Today//, 01/05/2005 Tibbitts, Tim. “A History Ingenuity”. //Footsteps//, Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p2, 5p, 1 diagram, 3c


 * Web Resources**

African Americans in History [|http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html] Brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African American history.

Afro-American History http://www.aawc.com/Zaah.html The record of a race of indomitable people surviving the diaspora.

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences [|http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html] Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.

Historical Text Archive http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=8 A list of Internet links on the African-American experience divided by State and Region ; People ; Military ; Slavery ; and Arts & Entertainment.

Internet African American History Challenge http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/ “The Internet African American History Challenge© is an interactive quiz that helps you sharpen your knowledge of African American History.”