Many of the resources listed below are located in Sawyer Reference Dept
Biography Resource Center (1960-Present) - A database of biographical information. Covers all periods of history around the world. Indexes biographical reference sources as well as articles from periodicals.
African American Lives
Sawyer REF E 185.96 .A446 2004
Black Women in America (three volumes)
Sawyer REF E185.86 .B542 2005
The third volume lists all the articles which relate to politics, laws and government
Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present : from the age of segregation to the twenty-first century
Sawyer REF E 185 .E5453 2009
Organizing Black America: an encyclopedia of African American associations
Sawyer REF E185.5 .O74 2001
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas (2006, 2nd ed.) - Electronic version of a six-volume encyclopedia covering all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day in the U.S. and throughout the Western hemisphere. Articles are signed by experts in the field and are accompanied by a selected bibliography. The appendix contains statistical data and a selection of primary source documents.
African American Almanac (2008, 10th ed.) - Includes chronology of important events in African American history and African American firsts, excerpts of primary source documents, biographical profiles, essays, photographs, illustrations, maps and statistical charts. Arranged by broad subject areas; a bibliography for each area appears separately.
Bibliography of African American leadership: an annotated guide
Sawyer REF E185.61 .W265 2000
"Presents the scholarship on African American leadership as part of the larger dynamic of leadership studies".
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007
Sawyer E 185.96 .B526 2008 comprehensive history of the more than 120 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress - also available online
Congressional Quarterly Almanac (1945-present)
Sawyer REF JK1 .C6
Provides background information on acts, amendments, committee
activities, debates, hearings, investigations, lobbies, party politics,
and a record of votes. Issued annually.
Guide to Congress
Sawyer REF JK1021 .C565 2008
Updated regularly, Guide to Congress
provides an historical overview of how Congress works - who has power
and how they got it. It has good historical and current coverage of
African-Americans in Congress.