We took a look on our shelves here at the Wyoming State Library, and put together this reading list for African American History Month. If you have an interest in any of our items, stop by and see our display or request materials interlibrary loan. Any time, anywhere, you can find more great history online in Gale’s Biography in Context. And don’t forget, our reference staff is always here to help you find the resources you need. Contact us at (307) 777-6333 or statelibrary@wyo.gov.
Call Number: AE 1.124:108/2010
Title: Black Family Research : Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives
Author: National Archives 2010
Call Number: AE 1.124:105/2006
Title: Records of Military Agencies Relating to African Americans from the Post-World War I Period to the Korean War.
Author: Lisha B. Penn. Rev. 2006.
Call Number: AE 1.124:112
Title: Federal Records Pertaining to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954).
Author: National Archives and Records Administration. 2004.
Call Number: D 114.2:SW 7
Title: Freedom by the Sword : the U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867.
Author: William A. Dobak. 2011.
Call Number: PTDL T 39 .G458 1995
Title: Black Inventors : from Africa to America : Two Million Years of Invention and Innovation.
Author: C. R. Gibbs. 1995.
Call Number: PTDL T 39 .J28 1989
Title: The Real McCoy : African-American Invention and Innovation, 1619-1930.
Author: Portia P. James.1989.
Call Number: PTDL T 39 .S29 2006
Title: African American Women Inventors, 1884-2003.
Author: Frank H. Schaller. 2006.
Call Number: PTDL T 39 .S57 2004
Title: The Inventive Spirit of African Americans : Patented Ingenuity. Author:
Patricia Carter Sluby. 2004.
Call Number: Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 14904
Title: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007.
House document 108-244; (United States. Congress. House). 2008.