The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully-edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.

• Unrivalled access to the full text of the highly acclaimed 5-volume Africana, the new 3-volume Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, and the 3-volume Black Women in America
• Explore over 7,500 articles by top scholars in the field, and discover the lives of over 5,000 men and women who made an impact on African American history
• Charts, tables and graphs provide information on everything from demographics to government, politics, business, education, and the arts
• Thematic timelines guide users through the history of African Americans in Sports, Business and Labor, Military History, Women's History, Literature, and Africa and the Diaspora
• Primary source documents, with specially-written commentaries, take users through the personal and public histories of African Americans
• Over 1,000 images visually enhance the articles in the site
• More than 90 country and territory maps, and thematic maps highlight major events - from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement
• Learning resources are available to aid research at any level, and to help education professionals incorporate the Oxford African American Studies Center into their teaching
• Regular updates include new content, and revisions to existing articles