African American Bibliography

African-American Research 

Resources Available in the

Wayne County Public Library

Genealogy and Local History

 

 

Adams, Leroy.  Second Baptist Church, 1892-1992: 100th Anniversary.  Wooster: Second Baptist church, 1992.

 

Bial, Raymond.  The Underground Railroad.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.

 

Blockson, Charles L. and Ron Fry.  Black Genealogy.  Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1991.

 

Burroughs, Tony.  Black Roots: A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree.  New York: Fireside, 2001.

 

Fears, Mary L. Jackson.  Slave Ancestral Research: It’s Something Else.  Bowie: Heritage Book, Inc., 1995.

 

Howell, Barbara Thompson.  How to Trace Your African-American Roots. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 1998.

 

Soderlund, Jean R.  Quakers & Slavery: A Divided Spirit.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985.

 

Washington, Versalle F.  Eagles on Their Buttons: A Black Infantry Regiment in the Civil War.  Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1999.

 

Woodtor, Dee Parmer.  Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity.  New York: Random House, 1999.