The University Libraries join the Loyola community in celebrating Black History Month 2012. The library has an extensive collection of print and electronic resources that focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The Black World Studies subject guide (http://libguides.luc.edu/content.php?pid=5472) highlights core resources, including renowned electronic collections such as the Oxford African American Studies Center. The OAASC includes the online versions of several authoritative reference works (Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, The Encyclopedia of African American History, Black Women in America, and the African American National Biography). These reference works are further enhanced by the inclusion of a rich array of primary source documents with commentary, maps, charts, tables, photographs.
An excellent overview of the origin of Black History Month, written by Daryl Michael Scott, Professor of History, Howard University may be found on the website for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASAALH). The ASAALH evolved from the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), founded in Chicago in 1912 by Carter G. Woodson. The library owns several works of scholarship by Dr. Woodson. We also offer online access to the Journal of Negro History, founded by Dr. Woodson in 1916.
For additional information on Black History Month, or for more information about any of the resources highlighted above, please contact us. Our Need Help? Guide provides contact information and links to our chat or text reference services.
