Covers the years 1980-1992. Subject and author indexes. REF HQ1180 .C37 1990.
Entries carry useful annotations.
A combined encyclopedia with half the entries representing individual biographies and half covering general topics and organizations that impacted black women's lives. Articles are signed, usually illustrated with a portrait, and conclude with a short bibliography. Volume 2 gives a chronology and a detailed 150-page subject index. Biographies are lengthy, signed, and carry extensive bibliographies. Only those persons with a death date before the end of 1950 are included.