LibGuides: Black History Month: Journals & Articles

Journals - All Titles Available Online

African American Review
The official publication of the Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association.
Black American Literature Forum
The predecessor of the African American Review
Black Music Research Journal
A scholarly journal publishing original contributions on the philosophy, aesthetics, history, and criticism of black music.
Black Renaissance
An academic journal that publishes literature and art pertaining to contemporary Black concerns. Includes essays, poetry, fiction, photography, art, and reviews and commentary.
Black Scholar
Presents African American essays on a broad range of issues of concern to scholars in sociology, history, literature, political science, health, art, women's studies and ethnic studies.
Journal of African American History
Provides information on African American life and history, including the unique facets of African American history, including the first major scholarly analysis of the hip hop movement.

Internet Resources

African American Art & Culture Complex
An organization in San Francisco that is committed to empowering youth, promoting the work of emerging local artists, and serving as a vital resource for residents and visitors alike.
African American History Month
The Library of Congress celebrates the contributions of African Americans throughout U.S. history.
Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter Global Network is a chapter-based, member-led organization whose mission is to build local power and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
Historical African American Newspapers Available Online
This LibGuide from Marist College provides a list of historical African American Newspapers available online as part of digitization projects at libraries and historical societies as well as digitization projects done by Google.
National Black Arts Festival
The NBAF is a national and international presenter of the art, music, and culture of people of African descent.
National Museum of African American History & Culture
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture.
Smithsonian Jazz
The Smithsonian Institution has a long record of leadership in preserving and promoting the historical legacy of jazz, presenting diverse jazz programs, and jazz education.
A Window into African-American History
“In working out our destiny … we shall need … the help, the encouragement, the guidance that the strong can give the weak. Thus helped, we of both races in the South soon shall throw off the shackles of racial and sectional prejudice and rise … above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness and selfishness, into that atmosphere, that pure sunshine, where it will be our highest ambition to serve MAN, our brother, regardless of race or previous condition.” ~Booker T. Washington

Journal Articles

Brooks, Siobhan. “Black on Black Love: Black Lesbian and Bisexual Women, Marriage, and Symbolic Meaning.” Black Scholar, vol. 47, no. 4, Dec. 2017, p. 32.

The article discusses the symbolic meaning of marriage among black lesbian and bisexual women. Topics discussed include ethnographic interviews conducted with nine lesbian/bisexual women in Los Angeles, California, and the author's claim that gay marriage does not represent state-sponsored benefits for Black women, rather it provides recognition in Black civil society.

Carroll, Karanja Keita. “The Black Campus Movement: An Interview with Ibram H. Rogers.” Journal of Pan African Studies, vol. 5, no. 8, Dec. 2012, pp. 161–168.

An interview with Ibram H. Rogers, an assistant professor of Africana Studies at the State University New York (SUNY), is presented. He discusses his purpose for writing the book "The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Constitution of Higher Education, 1965-1972." He presents his opinion on the role of intellectual history within African/BlackStudies.

Goings, Ramon B. “Nontraditional Black Male Undergraduates: A Call to Action.” Adult Learning, vol. 28, no. 3, Aug. 2017, pp. 121–124.

This article provides a call to action for researchers and practitioners not only to begin researching nontraditional aged Black male collegians but also to focus on those men who are academically successful to inform the academic and social supports on college campuses implemented for nontraditional Black men.

Richmond, Norman. “Jayne Cortez Forced Her Way into History.” Black Scholar, vol. 43, no. 1/2, Spring 2013, p. 26.

The article celebrates the life and work of poet and activist Jayne Cortez, with a particular focus on the author's encounters with Cortez and the ways in which she influenced him.

Ruffin II, Herbert G. “‘Doing the Right Thing for the Sake of Doing the Right Thing’: The Revolt of the Black Athlete and the Modern Student-Athletic Movement, 1956-2014.” Western Journal of Black Studies, vol. 38, no. 4, Winter 2014, pp. 260–278.

This article addresses how San Jose and the South Bay Area blazed a path that was central to the development of the modern student-athletic movement. It argues that the "Revolt of the Black Athlete" has afar-greater impact than Tommie Smith and John Carlos shocking the world on the winner's podium at the 1968 summer Olympic Games with raised black fists in protest against U.S. racism and poverty.