LibGuides: African American Life: Journals

About: Journals

Like newspapers, journals are a form of publication released in serial, or volumes and issues. The articles in academic - or "scholarly" - journals are authored by credible subject experts and often peer reviewed for accuracy before being published.

Use the Journals tile on the Library homepage to search by title / subject, or browse the alphabetical listing. Each journal record includes link(s) to access the journal online or the physical location and Call Number if available in print.

Featured Academic Journals

Black Scholar
Publication Date: 1969-

Black World Foundation.
Black Theology
Publication Date: 2002-

Sheffield Academic Press.
Ethnic & Racial Studies
Publication Date: 1978-

Routledge.
Journal of African American Studies
Publication Date: 2003- (Formerly Journal of African American Men 1995-2002)

Springer Science.
Journal of Black Psychology
Publication Date: 1974-

SAGE Publications.
Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships
Publication Date: 2014.

University of Nebraska Press.
Journal of Black Studies
Publication Date: 1970-

SAGE Publications.
Palimpsest
Publication Date: 2012-

African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University.
Western Journal of Black Studies
Publication Date: 1977-

Washington State University.
Spectrum
Publication Date: 2012-

Indiana University Press.

African American Review
Publication Date: 1992-

Indiana State University. Modern Language Association of America: Division on Black American Literature and Culture.
Afro-Hispanic Review
Publication Date: 1981-

Afro-Hispanic Institute (D.C.).
Black American Literature Forum
Publication Date: 1976-1991

Indiana State University. Modern Language Association of America: Division on Black American Literature and Culture.
Black Camera
Publication Date: 1985-

Black Film Center/Archive at Smith Research Center, Indiana University.
Black Music Research Journal
Publication Date: 1980-

Institute for Research in Black American Music, Fisk University.
Black Renaissance = Renaissance Noire
Publication Date: 1996-

Institute of African American Affairs, New York University.
Callaloo
Publication Date: 1976-

Johns Hopkins University Press.
CLA Journal
Publication Date: 1957

College Language Association (U.S.)
International Review of African American Art
Publication Date: 1984-

Hampton University Museum.

Harvard Blackletter Law Journal
Publication Date: 1994- (Formerly Harvard Blackletter Journal 1985-1993)

Harvard Law School.
National Black Law Journal
Publication Date: 1987- (Formerly Black Law Journal 1971-1986)

UCLA School of Law. Colombia School of Law.
The Review of Black Political Economy
Publication Date: 1970-

National Economic Association (U.S.). Black Economic Research Center. Atlanta University Center.
The State of Black America
Call Number: Online and in Main Stacks, E185.5 .N317.

Publication Date: 1976-

National Urban League.
Transition
Publication Date: 1961-

W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Publication Date: 2005 (Formerly Black Issues in Higher Education 1984-2004)

Matthews & Associates.
Journal of Negro Education
Publication Date: 1932-

College of Education, Howard University.
Journal of African American Males in Education
Publication Date: 2010-

African Identities
Publication Date: 2003-

Center for Black Diaspora, DePaul University.
American Historical Review
Publication Date: 1895-

American Historical Association. Oxford University Press.
Black History Bulletin
Publication Date: 2002-

Association for the Study of African-American Life and History.
Journal of African American History
Publication Date: 2002 (Formerly Journal of Negro History 1916-2001)

Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
The Journal of American History
Publication Date: 1964-

Mississippi Valley Historical Association

Popular Magazines on African American Life and Culture

Black Enterprise
Call Number: Online and in Journals, E185.8 .B5.

Publication Date: 1970-

E.G. Graves Pub. Co.
Crisis
Publication Date: 2003- (Formerly The Crisis and New Crisis)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Ebony
Call Number: Online and in Microfilm, AP2 .E165.

Publication Date: 1945-

Ebony Media Operations, LLC.
Essence
Publication Date: 1970

The Hollingsworth Group.
Vibe
Call Number: Online and in Journal, ML3469 .V46.

Publication Date: 1993-

Time Pub. Ventures, Inc.

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