AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

African American Biographical Database: AABD
http://aabd.chadwyck.com/

"Contains biographical information, including photographs and illustrations, for African Americans from 1790-1950.   Included profiles and full-text sketches providing both biographical detail and illuminating narrative chronicling the lives of   Black Americans"   Access this database through the Article Resources section of the library's home page.

American National Biography
http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html

"The landmark American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women-from all eras and walks of life-whose lives have shaped the nation."

Access this database through the Article Resources section of the library's home page.

Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/newsite/index.htm    

"Voices from the Gaps is a World Wide Web project that focuses on the lives and works of women writers of color in North America. .Each author page presents biographical, critical and bibliographical information about the writer, as well as images and quotes pertinent to her life and works.   Each page also included links to other resources on the web that provide information about the writer."   African American women writers are included in Voices from the Gaps .