Dictionaries
- African Heritage of American EnglishCall Number: ref PE 3102.N4 H65 1993
- Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen CornerCall Number: ref PE 3102 .N4 S65 2000
- The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United StatesCall Number: ref E 184 .A1 H466 1997
- Fresh Fly Flavor: Words and Phrases of the Hip-hop GenerationCall Number: ref PE 3727 .N4 F3 1992
- Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American SlangCall Number: ref PE 3727 .N4 M34 1994b
Encyclopedias
Use these sources for background information and a list of suggested readings.
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the AmericasCall Number: ref E 185 .E54 2006
- African American Dramatists: An A-to-Z GuideCall Number: ref PS 338.N4 A69 2004
- Encyclopedia of African American ArtistsCall Number: Hillyer Art ref N 6538.N5 J44 2009
- Encyclopedia of African American Society (2 vols.)Call Number: ref E 185 .E546 2005
- Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. (2 vols.)Call Number: ref PS 153.N5 E49 2007
- Encyclopedia of African and African-American ReligionsCall Number: ref BL 2462.5 .E53 2001
- Encyclopedia of Hip Hop LiteratureCall Number: ref PS 153.N5 E53 2009
- Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (2 vols.)Call Number: ref NX 512.3.A35 E53 2004
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. (5 vols.)Call Number: ref PS 153 .N5 G73 2005
- Handbook of African American LiteratureCall Number: ref PS 153 .N5 E78 2004
- Oxford Companion to African American LiteratureCall Number: ref PS 153 .N5 O96 1997
- Dictionary of Literary BiographyCall Number: ref PN 451 .D53
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