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African Americana Library News

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Black Thursday Digital Exhibit
Apr 30, 2008
Wisconsin State University of Oshkosh's Polk Library has created an on-line exhibit about the the 1968 black student protest on campus entitled “Do Your Thing.”

New National Biography launched
Apr 24, 2008
The most extensive and inclusive collection of biographical information about African American lives ever published.

New Genealogy Web site
Apr 23, 2008
Lowcountry Africana documents heritage of African Americans in the rice-growing areas of South Carolina, Georgia and extreme northeastern Florida.

Wheatley First Edition Goes to SIUC
Apr 22, 2008
First book of African American poetry donated to Morris Library

Blockson Collection at Penn State
Apr 22, 2008
Penn State's University Libraries have recently acquired the Charles L. Blockson Collection of African-Americana and the African Diaspora.

Afro-Americana

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Afro-Americana Bibliographic Unit , Room 328 Main Library, 1408 West Gregory Drive,
Urbana, IL 61801

Telephone: (217) 333-3006

 

This unit of the library is responsible for building the University Library's African American Studies collection, which includes materials on the Black experience in the Americas and worldwide outside of Africa. Consisting of more than 100,000 volumes, the collection is distributed throughout the University's various libraries, with the largest number located in the Main Library book stacks.  Also, the 1,000+ reference books in the unit are available to anyone looking for facts, books, articles, or other media, about the Black experience.

 

Selected Resources:

 

Black Caribbean Database| Credit Course: AFRO 102 | Digital Journals | Electronic Books | Historical Texts | Newspapers  | Pan-African CD-ROM Workstation | Video Tapes & DVDs

 

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