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Overview
This guide highlights websites, books, journals, and other scholarly sources useful to students and scholars of Africana Studies -- otherwise known as the study of the history, culture, contributions, and experiences of people of African descent in the United States and abroad.
What's New
Summer Spotlights
Juneteenth Virtual Celebration Guide
s.uconn.edu/juneteenth2022
Pride: It Started with a Rebellion
s.uconn.edu/topics/black_pride
New Africana Studies LibGuide Features
- Bill of Rights for Black Students tab -- helpful reminders about Black self-care and mental health in the midst of Black tragedy.
- Getting Started tab -- find helpful tips and tools to better understand and navigate the research process
- Browse Topics tab -- explore the UConn Library's Africana Studies collection and discover resources and new areas of discourse
Virtual Research Consultations
Not sure where to begin? Do you need help finding sources or talking through your project idea? Send me an email and we'll set up a time to meet virtually. Contact me at stephanie.birch@uconn.edu.
War in Ukraine — Race, Racism, and Racial Identity in Eastern Bloc
A page within The War in Ukraine libguide that focuses on news reporting on anti-Black racism amidst the crisis in Ukraine, policy and media biases pertaining to Ukrainian refugees, and the history of Black people in Eastern Europe. Visit the libguide page.
Quick Links
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UConn Africana Studies InstituteEstablished in 1989, the primary mission of the Africana Studies Institute (formerly the Institute for African American Studies) is to enlighten and inform the University of Connecticut community and the people of the State of Connecticut, nation and the world about the history, culture, contributions and experiences of people of African descent in the United States and abroad.
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Race and Anti-Racism: Featured UConn Library EbooksExplore and read this selection of more than sixty UConn Library ebooks.
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1619 ProjectA New York Times Magazine project that "aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the U.S. national narrative."
Request a Library Purchase
Can't find what you're looking for? Submit a request for have book or film added to the collection! Who can submit a request? Anyone -- students, faculty, staff, and community members. Requests for purchases are reviewed by subject specialists using the Library's Collection Development Policy. Please note that items may take up to 8 weeks to arrive, with certain requests taking longer.
Submit a UConn Library Purchase Request
Need something faster? Try interlibrary loan!
Interlibrary Loan services through the UConn Libraries allows you get request circulating materials from any UConn library, borrow books from non-UConn libraries, and request PDFs for book chapters and articles through our "Scan on Demand" service.
Related Research Guides
Useful Non-UConn Guides
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Black Feminism Introductory Research GuideThis guide from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the NYPL is an excellent place to learn more about Black Feminism in the US. It is also a great place to identify archival collections at the NYPL that could be useful for your research
