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African American Studies Center (Oxford)

Oxford African American Studies Center

Edited by scholar Henry Gates Jr., the Oxford African American Studies Center is an expansive collection of scholarship in the fields of African American and African history and culture. A wide variety of topics and areas of study include Religion & Spirituality, Arts & Leisure, History and more, in time periods ranging from the ancient world to today. Search and browse the site using subject category and era filters to focus and refine your results and help guide your research.

The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 20,000 articles by top scholars in the field.

Accessible in all Pratt Library locations, or from home with your library card.