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Oxford African American Studies Center

Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Oxford African American Studies Center fully documents the field of African American Studies and Africana Studies. The core of the Oxford African American Studies Center is five major Oxford encyclopedias, covering all aspects of the African American past. This is supplemented by additional content from more than 18 Oxford reference sources, all editorially selected and reviewed.

Additionally, the Oxford African American Studies Center includes:

• IMAGES: approximately 1000 images at the product launch, with an ongoing image research program expected to add hundreds more images annually.
• PRIMARY SOURCES: 100 primary sources will be available at product launch, including sources such as the Emancipation Proclamation, Frederick Douglass's slave narratives, text of speeches, and more. Brief introductory essays will accompany each primary source.
• CHARTS, TABLES & GRAPHS: over 200 charts, tables, and graphs representing demographic information in the areas of history, government and politics, business and labor, education, law and crime, the arts, and much more.
• MAPS: between 30 and 50 thematic maps illustrating demographics and history in a variety of areas.
• TIMELINES: a general timeline of African American history, and specific thematic timelines.
• LEARNING CENTER: designed for the school market, this will be a growing area that aims to help users explore the content with ready reference tools, like country profiles, suggested lesson plans by grade level, and study guides to match the curriculum.

Features

• Print titles included in OAASC include:
• Black Women in America, 2nd ed, 3 vol. Edited by Darlene Clark Hine, Northwestern University
• Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, 2nd ed., 5 vols. Edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
• Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 From the Colonial Period to Frederick Douglass, 3 vol. Edited by Paul Finkelman, University of Tulsa, College of Law