African-American History & Culture.AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE. Online reference database. Facts On File (132 West 31st St., 17th floor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10010; 800-322-8755; www.factsonfile.com). c2005. 0-8160-4190-3. Internet-accessible PC or Macintosh, Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. 3.0 min. For pricing, e-mail CustServ@factsonfile.com or call 800-322-8755. SA This recently updated database, which incorporates many of Facts On File's print titles (such as Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage, African-American Writers This is a list of African American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African American literature. Note: Consult Who is African American? to gain a better sense as to who can be listed as an African American writer. , and African-American Political Leaders), offers a tremendous amount of information on the African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. experience over the last 500 years. Content categories include over 3,500 biographies, ranging from Condoleezza Rice to Jackie Robinson Noun 1. Jackie Robinson - United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson to M.C. Hammer. These biographies can be searched by occupation/ profession, subject area, time period, or alphabetically, with links to related articles and citation information. There are also subject entries, such as Antislavery Antislavery Abolitionists activist group working to free slaves. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 1] Emancipation Proclamation edict issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves (1863). [Am. Hist. and Abolition, Migrations, Racial Stereotypes, and Civil Rights Activism; primary sources, including court decisions, pamphlets, speeches, essays, and more; timelines, including a timeline of slavery in America, a timeline of the Civil Rights movement, and a timeline of the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance, term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. During the mass migration of African Americans from the rural agricultural South to the urban industrial North ; an Image Gallery of over 1.000 historical images; maps and charts; and an section of annotated web links as well as a bibliography. Also included are historical images from the "Exhibit of American Negroes, Paris 1900," along with background information on it. Users can search the entire database by keyword or phrase, and the entries are hyperlinked. Clearly organized and easy to use, this is an excellent resource for student research. This database is one of six American history databases from Facts on File that can be linked through their History Database Center, which provides access to all of them through a single search interface. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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