African-American Humanities Study Guide

This guide provides links that can help students create a research strategy for African-American Humanities. Knowing which options are available allows you to quickly select those that are most appropriate for your topic.

To start your research, we suggest:

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists linked to SCC Library African-American Humanities holdings, including the call number and availability for each.

• African-American history
• Art, music, performance and more
• Harlem Renaissance
• Literature

African-American Humanities Internet links; choose from:

Art, Music, Performance and more: LINCC Online Catalog Subject Lists, which are linked to SCC Library holdings and include the call Number and availability for each.

• African-American actors; United States biography
• African-American art
• African-American artists
• African-American arts
• African-American composers
• African-American entertainers
• African-American motion picture actors and actresses
• African-American musicians
• African-American press
• African-American photographers
• African-American relations with Africans
• African-American theater
• African-American women artists
• African-American women composers
• African-Americans folklore
• African-Americans in art
• African-Americans in Africa
• African-Americans in motion pictures
• African-Americans in television
• African-Americans in the motion picture industry
• African-Americans intellectual life
• African-Americans language
• African-Americans motion picture actors and actresses
• African-Americans music
• African-Americans quotations
• African-Americans religion
• Black English dictionaries
• Blacks, America, religion
• Blacks in art
• Blacks in television broadcasting
• Blacks in the Bible
• Blacks in the performing arts directories
• Blacks intellectual life
• Blacks quotations
• Blues (music)
• Gospel music
• Jazz
• Soul music
• Spirituals (songs) 

Literature: LINCC Online Catalog Subject Lists, which are linked to SCC Library holdings and include the call number and availability for each.

• African-American authors
• African-American fiction
• African-American poets
• African-American women in literary collections
• African-American women in literature
• African-American women novelists
• African-American women poets
• African-Americans biography dictionaries
• African-Americans drama
• African-Americans in literature
• African-Americans in literature dictionaries
• African-Americans literary collections
• African-Americans novelists
• African-Americans poetry
• American drama: African-American authors
• American literature: African-American authors; history and criticism
• American prose literature African-American authors
• Blacks in literature
• Harlem Renaissance
• Short stories American and African-American authors

Representative Internet Links

Art

• Africa: Arts and Architecture (University of Pennsylvania)
• African-American Art On the Internet (Long Island University)
• African-American Women Writers of the 19th Century (NYPL)
• African-American in the Visual Arts (Long Island University)
• African Studies Center (University of Pennsylvania)
• Harlem Renaissance
• Kente cloth (Kwadwo Boahene)
• Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
  

Art: Individual Artists

Alston, Charles

• Charles H. Alston (Long Island University)

Andrews, Benny

• High Museum of Art, Georgia
• Benny Andrews Fine Art Artwork Images and Image Gallery (ArtNet)

Barthe, Richmond

• Richmond Barthe (Long Island University)

Bearden, Romare

• Romare Bearden (Long Island University)

Biggers, John

• John T. Biggers (Long Island University)

Catlett, Elizabeth

• Elizabeth Catlett (Long Island University)

Charles, Michael Ray

• Michael Ray Charles (PBS)
• Michael Ray Charles Online (Artcyclopedia)
• Michaeal Ray Charles: Paintings (Albright-Knox Art Gallery)

Cortor, Eldzier

• Eldzier Cortor (Long Island University)

Cox, Renee

• Renee Cox at Robert Miller (Art in America, June 2002, Elizabeth Schambelan)
• Renee Cox is Back and Boomin' (Brickhaus, Spring 1998, Rocio-Alvarado) 

Delaney, Beauford

• Beauford Delaney (Long Island University) 

Douglas, Aaron

• Aaron Douglas (PBS)

Fuller, Meta Warrick

• Narratives: Piet Meta Warrick Fuller

Gilliam, Sam

• Sam Gilliam Online (Artcyclopedia)
• Sam Gilliam (CrosstownArts.com)
• Sam Gilliam (Marsha Mateyaka Gallery) 
• Sam Gilliam (Spaightwood Galleries)

Hammons, David

• David Hammons Online (Artcyclopedia)
• David Hammons (Fabric Workshop and Museum)
• The Critics: The Art World (The New Yorker)

Harris, Lyle Ashton

• Journey From The Crossroads: Palmer Hayden's Right Turn (by E. Hanks)
• Lyle Ashton Harris (CRG Gallery)
• Lyle Ashton Harris: CRG Gallery - New York (ArtForum)
• Lyle Ashton Harris (Galerie Analix, Switzerland, Geneva)

Hayden, Palmer

• Palmer Hayden (PBS) 
• Palmer Hayden Online (Artcyclopedia)

Jones, Lois Mailou

• Lois Mailou Jones Online

Knight, Gwen

• Gwen Knight Fine Art Artwork Images and Image Gallery

Lawrence, Jacob

• Jacob Lawrence (long Island University)
• Jacob Lawrence (PBS)
• Jacob Lawrence: Prints and Selected Paintings (DC Moore Gallery)

Lee-Smith, Hughie

• Hughie Lee-Smith (Mojo Portfolio)

Lewis, Edmonia

• Edmonia Lewis (Long Island University)
• Edmonia Lewis (PBS)

Lewis, Norman

• Norman Lewis (PBS)

Lewis, Samella

• Samella Lewis

Lovell, Whitfield

• Whitfield Lovell Art Images (ArtNet)
• Whitfield Lovell (Olin Gallery)
• A World in One Room (Art in America, May 2001, Nancy Princenthal)

Motley, Archibald

• Archibald Motley (PBS)

Piper, Adrian

• Adrian Piper Research Archive
• Adrian Piper (Center for Digital Discourse and Culture) 

Saar, Betye

• Betye Saar (official Web site)

Savage, Augusta

• Augusta Savage (PBS)

Tanner, Henry Ossawa

• Henry O. Tanner (PBS)

Walker, Kara

• Kara Walker Online (Artcyclopedia)
• Kara Walker (Yahoo)

Weems, Carrie Mae

• Carrie Mae Weems Online (Artcyclopedia)
• Carrie Mae Weems
• EGG Peeps: Carrie Mae Weems (PBS)

White, Charles

• Charles Wilbert White Online (Artcyclopedia)

Wilson, Ellis

• Ellis Wilson (PBS)

Woodruff, Hale

• Hale Woodruff Home Page
• Hale Woodruff Online (Artcyclopedia)
   

Dance

• Free to Dance (PBS)
   

Film and Theater

• Black Film Center/Archive (Indiana University)
   

Theater: Individual Artists

Aldridge, Ira

• Ira F. Aldridge (Bridges Web Services)
• Ira Frederick Aldridge: Shakespearian actor (Pagewise)
• 100 Great Black Britons

Baker, Josephine

• Josephine Baker (Bridges Web Services)

Baldwin, James

• James Baldwin (Bridges Web Services)

Baraka, Amiri

• Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)

Blake, Eubie

• Eubie Blake

Brown, William Wells

• William Wells Brown

Bullins, Ed

• Ed Bullins

Childress, Alice

• Alice Childress (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture)
• Alice Childress (Voices from the Gaps)
• A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (Gale)

Cleage, Pearl

• Pearl Cleage (New Georgia Encyclopedia)

Davis, Ossie

• Ossie Davis

Dee, Ruby

• Ruby Dee

Elder III, Lonne

• Lonne Elder III (IMDB)

Fuller, Charles

• Charles H. Fuller, Jr.

Glover, Savion

• Savion Glover (IMDB)
• USA Weekend Magazine

Gordone, Charles

• Hughes, Langston
• Hurston, Zora Neal

Hughes, Langston

• Langston Hughes at 100 (Beinecke Library, Yale)

Hurston, Zora Neale

• Mule Bone (The Free Library)

Jones, James Earl

• James Earl Jones

Kennedy, Adrienne

• Adrienne Kennedy (Voices from the Gaps)

King, Jr., Woodie

• Woodie King Credits on Broadway (Internet Broadway Database)
• MOSAEC Theater and Dance: Woodie King

McDonald, Audra

• Audra McDonald Credits on Broadway (Internet Broadway Database)
• Creators at Carnegie: Audra McDonald (NPR)
  
• New York Philharmonic: Audra McDonald

Mitchell, Loften

• Mitchell Loften: A Theatrical Icon (African-American Registry)

Moore, Melba

• Melba Moore

Parks, Suzan-Lori

• Women of color, women of words

Poitier, Sidney

• Sidney Poitier

Richards, Lloyd

• Lloyd Richards (IMDB)
  Lloyd Richards (IDCB)

Robeson, Paul

• Paul Robeson

Shange, Ntozake

• Ntozake Shange

Smith, Anna Deveare

• Anna Deavere Smith
• Women of Color, Women of Word

Ward, Douglas Turner

• Douglas Turner Ward (The History Makers)

Williams, Bert

• Bert Williams

Wilson, August

• August Wilson

Wolfe, George C.

• George C. Wolfe

Literature

• Harlem Renaissance
• Quarterly Black Book Review Online
• Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color (University of Minnesota)

Literature: Individual Authors

Baldwin, James

• Baldwin, James (Yahoo.com)

Dunbar, Paul Laurence

• Paul Laurence Dunbar (University of Dayton)

Hughes, Langston

• Langston Hughes Biography (Gale Group)
• Langston Hughes (Modern American Poetry)

Hurston, Zora Neale

• Hurston, Zora Neale (Yahoo.com) 

Johnson, James Weldon

• James Weldon Johnson (Academy of American Poets)

Walker, Alice

• Walker, Alice (Internet School Library Media Center)
   

Literature: Black American Poets

Angelou, Maya

• Maya Angelou: Teacher Resource File (ISLMC)

Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones

• Baraka, Amiri (Academy of American Poets)

Arna Bontemps

• Bontemps, Arna (Academy of American Poets)

Gwendolyn Brooks

• Brooks, Gwendolyn (Academy of American Poets)
• Gwendolyn Brooks (Gale)

Sterling Allen Brown

• Brown, Sterling A. (Academy of American Poets)

Lucille Clifton

• Clifton, Lucille (Academy of American Poets)

Countee Cullen

• Countee Cullen (Academy of American Poets)

Rita Dove

• Dove, Rita (Academy of American Poets)

Nikki Giovanni

• Giovanni, Nikki (Academy of American Poets)

Michael S. Harper

• Harper, Michael S. (Academy of American Poets)

Robert E. Hayden

• Hayden, Robert (Academy of American Poets)

James Weldon Johnson

• James Weldon Johnson (Academy of American Poets)

June Jordan

• Jordan, June (Academy of American Poets)

Etheridge Knight

• Knight, Etheridge (Academy of American Poets)

Claude McKay

• Claude McKay (Modern American Poetry)

Haki R. Madhubuti

• Madhubuti, Haki (Academy of American Poets)

Ishmael Reed

• Reed, Ishmael (Academy of American Poets)

Carolyn M. Rogers

• Carolyn M. Rodgers (Modern American Poetry)

Sonia Sanchez

• Sanchez, Sonia (Academy of American Poets)

Ntozake Shange

• Shange, Ntozake (Academy of American Poets)

Jen Toomer

• Toomer, Jean (Academy of American Poets)

Margaret A. Walker

• Margaret Walker
• Dr. Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander - Voices from the Gaps
• Margaret Walker (Modern American Poetry) 
  

Music

• Music (Yahoo.com)
   

Religion& Philosophy

• AARDOC (home page of the African-American religion; a documentary history project; Amhurst College) 
• African-American Religion, Pt. I: From the Revolution to the Civil War 1780-1865 (National Humanities Center)
• African-American Religion, Pt. II: From the Civil War to the Great Migration 1865-1920 (National Humanities Center)
• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project (Stanford University)
• The North Star: A Journal of African-American Religious History  

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