Bibliography
The Black Names Project refreshes and builds on a 1998 book, The Complete Guide to African-American Baby Names, by Linda Wolfe Keister. The resources for the project include those listed in the bibliography of the original book and those added as the new research continues. The author attempts to find several resources to verify the information about each name and about each person. Some resources are printed books and others are websites.
The Original Bibliography
Resources listed in the original bibliography were, for the most part, published books. Many of these books are no longer available, but the author has retained their listing because they were part of the original research. A small amount of research was conducted on line, but the Internet in the 1990s was a fledgling (and often unreliable) source of information.
Current and Ongoing Research
Since the 1990s, the Internet has expanded and improved, thus becoming a great source for up-to-date information. Because the information may not always be accurate, the author checks multiple sources to verify facts and trusts some sources more than others.
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Websites
- Italy This Way.
- Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated.
- Jacksonville State University Gamecocks.
- James Beard Foundation.
- JazzTimes.
- Johns Hopkins Medicine.
- June Jordon.
- Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.
- KidPaw.
- "Bricktop, Cabaret Queen in Paris and Rome, Dead." New York Times. February 1, 1984.
- Lafayette College.
- Lane College.
- Learnodo Newtonic.
- Legacy/AJC—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- LGBTQ Nation.
- Liberty University Flames.
- Library of Congress.
- Los Angeles Times.
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
- Louisiana State University Tigers.
- Louisville Courier Journal.
- Lyceum Agency.
- Major Taylor Association, Inc..
- Malcolm X.
- Marshall University Thundering Herd.
- Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.
- meaning-of-names.com.
- meaningofname.org.
- Medium.com.
- Meet: Dr. Rochelle Stevens.
- Merriam-Webster.
- Miss Nancy Wilson.
- Missouri Southern State University Lions.
- MIT Technology Review.
- Montgomery County, Alabama.
- Mother Jones.
- Muhammad Ali Center.
- Muslim Names.
- "Mynelle Gardens." Botanic Gardens Conservation International.
- NAACP.
- Name Doctor.
- Nameberry.
- Namemeanings.io.
- Namemeaningsdictionary.
- Names.org.
- NameSite.com.
- Nameslist.
- Namespedia.
- Nancy Wilson…Dead at 81.
- NASA.
- National Archives.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- National Endowment for the Arts.
- National Football League.
- National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
- National Organization for Women: Honoring Our Founders & Pioneers.
- National Park Service.
- National Public Radio, Inc..
- National Visionary Leadership Project.
- National Women's History Museum.
- Naval History and Heritage Command.
- NBC News.
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
- New England Historical Society.
- New York Amsterdam News.
- New York City Riding Academy.
- New York Daily News.
- New York Times.
- New York Transit Museum.
- newKerala.com.
- Nicholls State University Colonels.
- Nobel Prize.
- Nordic Names.
- North Carolina A&T Aggies.
- Oklahoma Historical Society.
- Online Etymology Dictionary.
- OnlineNigeria.com.
- Oprah.com.
- Pauli Murray Project.
- PBS News Hour.
- PBS WGBH American Experience.
- PBS/Africans in America.
- People.
- Poetry Archive.
- Poetry Foundation.
- Poets & Writers.
- poets.org.
- Portland State University Vikings.
- Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina).
- Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- QuranicNames.com.
- Rashida: Democrat for Congress.
- Rate Your Music.
- Recording Academy GRAMMY Awards.
- Red Hot Jazz.
- Revolvy.
- Road to Ethiopia.
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
- Rolling Stone magazine.