Africana Studies (African American and African Studies): Journals & Websites

Provides access to a large number of journals from African sources that address African issues.

Covers Africana periodical literature and African Women's literature.

A digital collection of works by 19th-century black women writers. Provides access to works published prior to 1920.

An online library of peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals.

A research repository and an expert analysis hub on African affairs.

A repository of materials covering a range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era.

"African American Perspectives" reviews African American history and culture and is primarily comprised of two collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division: the African American Pamphlet Collection and the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection with a date range of 1822 through 1909.

Includes Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and a number of full-text primary documents (including the "I Have a Dream" speech and the "I've Been To The Mountaintop" sermon), a general biography, and a chronology of Dr. King's life.

Mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

Chronicles key episodes of the American Civil Rights Movement, examines today's global civil and human rights issues, provokes thoughtful debate and serves as a catalyst for positive change.

The only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture.

Inspires conversations about the beauty, power, and diversity of African arts and cultures worldwide.

Introduces travelers, researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in African American history to the fascinating people and places associated with the Underground Railroad.

Publicizes "studies related to African and Asian populations, as well as their descendants in Brazil and beyond." This journal is available in both English and Portuguese.

Serves to "chronicle, analyze and debate the conditions of and the emancipatory efforts by black people, against a multitude of oppressions that include and cross class, nationality, gender, generation, sexuality, and ideology."

A journal of the "literature, art, and culture of the African Diaspora."

Publishes "critical work that examines the ideas that guided the formation of Caribbean modernities."