Black Books, Black Voices

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This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

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International Index of Black Periodicals
Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean–and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary–spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline.

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RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).

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African American Newspapers
This collection of African-American Newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s. It also contains large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements, all of which embody the African-American experience.This database will ultimately contain the complete text of seven African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century, including Freedoms Journal, The Colored American, The National Era, and The Christian Recorder. See Database Description for detailed information about individual newspapers.

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Racist Hate Mail
I was listening to the radio (1010 AM, WINS, New York) this week and heard a report of some Jewish people in Roslyn, LI who received some Jewish hate mail.Apparently they got some letter in the mail emblazoned with a Swastika. The police were investigating.I began thinking to myself wow, Black people confort racism on a much higher level on a daily basis. I really could not understand why the
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This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

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Three Largest Africa-American Book Sites Join Force to Promote Black Literature
January 7, 2008For Immediate ReleaseMEDIA INQUIRIESTroy Johnson, AALBC.com, (866) 603-8394Gwen Richardson, Cushcity.com, (281) 444-4265Ron Kavanaugh, MosaicBooks.com, (718) 530.9132THREE LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOOK SITES JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE BLACK LITERATUREHOUSTON, TX AALBC.com, Cushcity.com and MosaicBooks.com, the three largest and most established web sites focusing on
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My Interview with Snoop of HBO’s The Wire
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson and AALBC.com founder Troy Johnsonvideo taped interview (8 minutes) The first time I saw Snoop was on HBO’s The Wire. I recall watching the scene with her buying a nail gun (fans of The Wire will know what I’m talking about). I also recall thinking just how consistently brilliant HBO is with casting. I replayed that scene twice just taken by the character. I said to
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Juba to jive : a Dictionary of African-American Slang

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African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007
BookExpo America’s Conference/Educational Programs run from May 31 - June 3, 2007 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New York, City Visit: http://events.aalbc.com/bookexpo_america_2007.htmBookExpo America (BEA) combines the largest selection of English language titles on the planet with special industry and author events and unparalleled educational content to create a dynamic environment
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