American Black Women in the Arts and Social Sciences (3rd edition, revised and enlarged)

Ora Williams, Professor Emerita, Department of English, California State University, early on recognized the need for a reference source that would consolidate and organize the many contributions of black women to American and world culture. The 2003 publication of American Black Women in the Arts and Social Sciences makes this longstanding, invaluable resource now available in paperback.

As with the hardcover, revised and enlarged third edition, this version is an update to the two previous editions. The body of the survey has four distinct parts: “Reference works”; “Comprehensive listings”; “West Coast black women in the arts and social sciences”; “Other...