List of Articles
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Editorial Note
AFRICAN AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Directory of Contributors
African American Prizewinners
Index by Birthplace
Realm of Renown
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University
Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for
African and African American Research at Harvard University.
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of
History and Afro-American Studies, Chair of the Department of
African American Studies at Harvard University, and Editor of The
Harvard Guide to African American History.
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"I have always admired the great work of Editor-in-Chief, Henry
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"This set, a monumental creation, is now the definitive black
biographical database....Either the print or the online version
should be a crucial purchase....Highly recommended. All
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"Impressive....a major new standard reference work that most
libraries of any size will want to have."--Booklist, starred
review
"Another major reference work that will add luster to Oxford
University Press's reputation for serious scholarship. Given the
set's obvious quality, the inclusiveness of its coverage and the
importance of African American Biography as a reflection of
American history, libraries of all types would be wise to consider
it."--Against the Grain
"...conceived as a complement for the American National Biography
(2002) and unique in its breadth, this monumental work supersedes
the selective edition published as African American Lives (2004,
both Oxford) and belongs in every substantial print reference
collection."--School Library Journal
"Unique in its breadth, this monumental work supersedes the
selective edition published as African American Lives and belongs
in every substantial print reference collection."--School Library
Journal
"I have always admired the great work of Editor-in-Chief, Henry
Louis Gates. The volumes will remain among my treasured
displays."--Linda Johnson Rice, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Johnson Publishing Company, publishers of JET Magazine and
EBONY Magazine
"A powerful testament to our intelligence, integrity and commitment
to excellence, traits often ignored by mainstream
historians....This reference collection is a must-have for your
library."
--Essence
"This set, a monumental creation, is now the definitive black
biographical database....Either the print or the online version
should be a crucial purchase for academic libraries. Summing up:
Highly recommended. All levels."--CHOICE
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