Black Studies Collections

Guide to African American reference

Guide to Afro-Caribbean reference

History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library

Internet Links

Networked databases

Online Library Catalog

Subject bibliographies



African Americana Library News

Soul Collection
Jul 28, 2008
The University of Alabama has acquired one of the world's largest African-American cookbook collections.

WSU collection will survive
Jul 22, 2008
Wayne State University's African American Literature Special Collection saves local history

Actor's memorabilia goes to KU
Jul 11, 2008
Kansas U's department of theater and film recently acquired a collection of the late Moses Gunn, an alumnus of the university

Vivian Harsh Research Collection
Jul 11, 2008
A Chicago Library is Getting Original Art by Tim Jackson

Rosa Parks memorabilia
Jul 10, 2008
Thousands and thousands of personal items of civil rights legend Rosa Parks are up for auction in New York City

Black Thursday Digital Exhibit

Apr 30, 2008

On the morning of November 21, 1968, 96 black students, members of the newly formed Black Student Union, crowded into president Roger E. Guiles office. They presented him with a list of demands, which included the creation of courses in black culture in the literature, history, and language disciplines. The protest was one of many such campus race riots across the country beginning in the summer of 1967. Part of the UW-Oshkosh experience at that time was whites staring at blacks or the “ Oshkosh Stare” as it became known. According to a senior history internship by Mike Reuter titled, “ Do Your Thing,” one black student remembered Oshkosh as having a “ conservative, even menacing, social atmosphere.” Reuter’s 2002 exhibit is published online by Polk Library’s Archive and Area Research Center.  The url for the digital exhibit is  <http://www.uwosh.edu/archives/bt/about.htm>.