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Biography Resources

This guide features resources for locating current and historical biographical information.

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

African American Architects

Electronic Resource

African American Lives

Reference Collection (Second Floor)

African Americans in Sports

Electronic Resource

Before Jackie Robinson

Electronic Resource
(Athletes)

Black Women in America

Electronic Resource
Volumes 1-3

Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays

Main Collection (Third Floor)

Encyclopedia of Black Comics

Electronic Resource

Recommended Database

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