This is an excellent research guide on Ferguson made by librarians at the University of Arizona.
NOTE: I don't know how often they are updating this, so it's probably better to use it for "historical" rather than "currrent" information.
Miami Dade College librarians have created an excellent guide for the Black Lives Matter movement
"My grandfather was colored, my father is Negro, and I am black." - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
from Newman, African American Quotations, 1998
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The State of Black America is an annual report of the National Urban League that addresses the socio-economic issues central to Black America in the current year. Each issue focuses on a particular theme.
The current year is held in Miller Reference; back issues at Colby are found in the Miller stacks.
2008 - The Black Woman's Voice
2007 - Portrait of the Black Male