Higher Education
H-Afro-Am electronic
discussion forum.
"member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. The main
mission of H-Afro-Am is to provide an exchange of information for professionals,
faculty and advanced students, in the field of African American Studies
(also called Afrocentricity, Africology, Africana Studies, Afro-American
Studies, Black Studies, and Pan-African Studies). "
African
Studies Programs, Research Centers and Universities
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/afstprog.html
Includes links to institutions, research resources on the Internet,
grants, fellowships.
Affordable Colleges Online: Multicultural Guides
Provides community resources and tools related to higher education with an eye on affordability and accreditation. It includes a search tool to help students find inclusive universities, scholarships for unique groups of students, and advice for getting involved on campus.
eblackstudies.org
"eBlack Studies is a project in cyberspace.
Its purpose is to provide information for students and scholars in all
academic fields that focus primarily on Africa and the African Diaspora.
Our mission is one stop shopping for everyone in the field of Africana
Studies, especially graduate students, faculty, librarians, departmental
webmasters, and interested search engines." The site includes links
to journals, organizations, undergraduate and graduate programs.
Introduction to Afro-American
Studies: A Peoples College Primer http://eblackstudies.org/intro/
(Print your own copy of this 377-page e-book.)
The Black Collegian Online
Resources for scholarships, career planning, and professional development, plus a content-rich section called African American Issues with articles on history and current events.
National Council for Black Studies http://www.ncbsonline.org/
"The National Council for Black
Studies (NCBS) is the leading organization of Black Studies professionals
in the world. For more than 30 years our members have been at the
forefront of driving the development of Black/Africana Studies as a respected
academic discipline. Our commitment to putting theory into practice,
however, has also led us to the front lines of community issues throughout
the African Diaspora. Our guiding philosophy is that education should
engender both academic excellence and social responsibility. Our members
include top scholars, community leaders and students focused on a variety
of issues related to the African World experience. "
Historically
Black Colleges & Universities
The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: "...any
historically black college or university that was established prior to
1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans,
and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or
association determined by the Secretary [of Education] to be a reliable
authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such
an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation."
This site provides links to 105 two and four-year private and public institutions,
plus links to related commissions, boards and conferences.
Top 30 Historically Black Colleges (at BestColleges.com)
There are over 100 colleges that identify as HBCUs. Using student surveys, faculty surveys, independent research, ranking systems, and the input of highly credible and authoritative sources, this guide ranked the Top 30, and for each you'll find the Graduation Rate, Retention Rate, Admissions Rate, and Tuition. You'll also find a brief essay with background information, and links to further information.
BestColleges.com strives to help students make an educated choice about their future. They've created a customizable database of colleges which can be searched according to your interests, and sorted according to your priorities.
HBCU Network
The HBCU Network is a community that facilitates professional
and social networking for the upwardly-mobile Black College graduate. News,
articles, community and more.
African American Biographical Database
http://aabd.chadwyck.com/
"The African American Biographical Database is a
resource of first resort when you are looking for biographical information,
including photographs and illustrations, for African Americans. From the
famous to the everyday person, AABD includes profiles and
full-text sketches providing both biographical detail and illuminating
narratives chronicling the lives of Black Americans.
"Each text used in the African American Biographical Database
has been fully digitized so that in addition to searching for specific
biographic sketches, you essentially have direct access to a rich collection
of African American reference works, many of which are rare books. "
Black
Drama http://www.alexanderstreetpress.com/products/bldr.htm
"Black Drama contains the full text of 1,200 plays written
from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 150 playwrights from North
America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora
countries. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print. James
Vernon Hatch, the playwright, historian, and curator of the landmark Hatch-Billops
Collection, is the project's editorial advisor. Nearly a quarter of the
collection will consist of previously unpublished plays by writers such
as Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Amiri Baraka, Randolph
Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others.
"Each play is extensively and deeply indexed, allowing both keyword
and multi-fielded searching. The plays are accompanied by reference materials,
significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images.
The result is an exceptionally deep and unified collection that illustrates
the many purposes that black theater has served: to give testimony to the
ancient foundations of black culture; to protest injustices; to project
emerging images of the New Black; and to give voice to the many and varied
expressions of black creativity. "
Black Studies Center- Black Studies
Center combines three invaluable resources for research and teaching in
Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International
Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender. This fully
cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies includes scholarly essays, recent
periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.
Books, Journals & Magazines (See more)
International Index to Black Periodicals
IIBP Full Text draws its current content from more than 150 international
scholarly and popular periodicals in Black studies.
African American Career World "... is the recruitment link between students and professionals who are African American and the major corporations that seek to hire them. Each edition includes columns, departments, and feature articles that target the African-American sector of the U.S. population." 2 issues/12 months Free subscription for qualified African American students and professionals http://www.eop.com/mags-AACW.php
Black Issues Book Review 6 issues annually.
"Black Issues Book Review showcases the burgeoning world of African American Literature. Each thought provoking, entertaining issue expresses the joy of reading with a unique blend of provocative reviews, author interviews, and insightful commentary."
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education "The nation's only news magazine dedicated exclusively to minority issues in higher education, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education provides in-depth and up-to-date coverage of the diverse education community with information that is of particular interest to African Americans, Native Americans, Asian and Hispanic Americans, Americans with disabilities, and women. " (Formerly called Black Issues in Higher Education.) 26 issues/12 months
Journal
of Blacks in Higher Education "Dedicated to the conscientious investigation
of the status and prospects for African Americans in higher education."
Quarterly
Journal of Black Studies 6 issues/annual subscribe
directly at Sage Publications.
"For the last third of a century, the Journal of Black Studies has
been the leading source for dynamic, innovative, and creative research on
the Black experience. Poised to remain at the forefront of the recent explosive
growth in quality scholarship in the field of Black studies, the Journal
of Black Studies is published six times per year. This means a greater
number of important and intellectually provocative articles exploring key
issues facing African Americans and Blacks can now be given voice. 6 issues/12
months .
QBR: The Black Book Review "Dedicated
to books about the African American experience. Contains fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, children's books, and health and lifestyle management." 6 issues/12
months
Black
College Today " Bi-monthly. Covers newsmakers, scholarships, issues and more.
Black
Collegian "Articles aimed at African-American college students
offering the information, guidance and assistance needed to survive and
succeed in a complex and demanding society. " Semi-annual
Interdisciplinary
Guide to Black Studies "A handy, one-volume sourcebook, the G.K.
Hall Interdisciplinary Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies lists current
publications cataloged during the past year by The New York Public Library."
Annual
Alkalimat, Abdul. The African American Experience in Cyberspace: A Resource Guide to the Best Web Sites on Black Culture and History. Pluto Press, 2004. Read more and order at Amazon.com
I could review this book in one word: Indispensable! Abdul Alkalimat is a sociologist and pioneer in the development of Black Studies, currently serving as moderator of H-Afro-Am electronic discussion forum. Books about Internet resources can become outdated quickly as web sites move and administrators needlessly change directory naming protocols. But this book is so much more than a mere directory of useful sites that it will have a long shelf life. It provides extensive annotation and an interpretive framework for Black Studies, organized by major historical periods and themes. It includes a wealth of printed resources as well, making it valuable even to someone who rarely ventures online. No college or community library should be without it. And at this price, neither should any home bookshelf.
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