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African American Experience Wide ranging online collection on African American history and culture. African American Music Reference African American music has played an integral role in the development of music worldwide. This comprehensive reference database chronicles the rich history of African American music through 1970. It brings together the most important reference texts in this subject area, including discographies, and bibliographies—together with songsheets, images, and other print resources. African American Study Center Provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field, including over 5,000 biographies of prominent African Americans Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History The Encyclopedia is a 5-volume set and a supplement covering all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day. Using biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces-many by the foremost scholars in the field-it addresses a wide array of subjects in over 2,300 articles to fully define in one source the cultural roots and current condition of the African-American community. Who's Who Among African Americans Provides biographical and career details on more than 20,000 notable African Americans, including leaders from sports, the arts, business, religion and more.