► To find books about people and their lives, in OneSearch, try the following suggested subject terms:
Personal name AND "biography "
►Contemporary Black Biography (152 volumes) (2 North Reference, DT 18.C66)
This title provides biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields. There is also an online version, which covers 8,029 biographies.
► African American Lives by Henry Louis Gates; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Ebook)
This book offers up-to-date, authoritative biographies of some 600 noteworthy African Americans. From Esteban, the earliest known African to set foot in North America in 1528, right up to the continuing careers of Venus and Serena Williams
► People (https://crdl.usg.edu/people) -- Browse Surname Alphabetically (credit: Civil Rights Digital Library)
► Who's who among Black Americans (2 North Reference; E185.96.W52.
Our library has 5 volumes: 1975/76-1977/78,1980/81,1985,1990/91.
► African American History -- People (https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/) An online reference center in African American history. (credit: BlackPast.org at www.blackpast.org). Updated by entry date with the most recent one on the top, it is not a chronological nor alphabetical list of people's names. Each is given a short description with link to more details.
