The entries look exactly the same as they do in Contemporary authors , with short personal information, writings, and long sidelights giving more literary and critical background. A very good first source for most students. Page, James A. and Jae Min Roh. Libraries Unlimited, 1985. Handy, compact one volume companion to African-American writings.
Coverage extends from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.
Useful for quick or beginning reference work. Scarecrow Press, 1975. An absolute basic resource in this area. Smith, Valerie et al, eds. African American writers .