Click the tabs on the left of this guide to navigate to its various sections.

This guide includes links to and guidance on finding resources related to African American and African Studies.

But please remember that questions related to this subject are often interdisciplinary, so be sure to use the Libraries other social sciences Subject Guides, such as:

• Anthropology
• Business
• History: American
• History: World
• Economics
• Global and International Studies
• Political Science

For assistance in doing your research, please contact the Social Sciences Librarian or any WMU subject librarian.

Map Legend (selected key colors translated into English):

Colors of pie graphic indicate a county's ethnic composition.

• Black = Black African ancestry
• Brown = Black African & European ancestry
• Wine-red = Multiracial

Composición étnica de América según Francisco Lizcano [African diaspora in the Americas by Francisco Lizcano.]. Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Composici%C3%B3n_%C3%89tnica_de_Am%C3%A9rica.png