Aly Head, Reference Librarian
In honor of Black History Month, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) is featuring materials related to African American history. These materials range from historical accounts to genealogical guides and can be useful to researchers exploring the history of their own family or African American history as a whole.
Resources described in our guide, “African American Genealogy at the Texas State Library and Archives” may be helpful when researching family histories. The guide includes a mixture of resources available on-site and those digitized and available online and serves as a great starting point for a genealogical research adventure. We additionally have a variety of guidebooks for genealogy on display in our Reference Reading Room, with more information listed below.
This year, TSLAC’s Center for the Book named Nell Plants a Tree as their Texas Great Read Youth Selection. Exploring themes of family across generations through the lens of a pecan tree growing alongside Nell’s family, this beautifully illustrated book is perfect for introducing younger readers to genealogy. For those who wish to plant a genealogical seed of their own, this flier includes online resources that can be paired with the book to further familial research for all ages.
The collections at TSLAC hold a wide variety of materials highlighting and describing African American history and experiences in both Texas and the greater United States. Some of these materials are currently on display in the Reference Reading Room. Other items, listed below, are available at the Texas State Library or remotely via E-Books. More information about our location and hours can be found on our “Visit Us” webpage. For more information about access to the titles on display, please contact TSLAC reference services at ref@tsl.texas.gov or call 512-463-5455.
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Title |
Author |
Call Number |
Collection |
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Black man in the huddle : stories from the integration of Texas football |
Jacobus, Robert |
N/A |
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Black Texans : a history of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 |
Barr, Alwyn |
301.45196 B27 1996 |
Main |
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Brave Black women : from slavery to the space shuttle |
Winegarten, Ruthe |
305.48 W725 |
Main |
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Black Texas women : 150 years of trial and triumph |
Winegarten, Ruthe |
305.48 W725B |
Main |
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Black Texas women : a sourcebook : documents, biographies, timeline |
Winegarten, Ruthe |
305.48 W725BS |
Main |
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I was born in slavery : personal accounts of slavery in Texas |
Waters, Andrew |
305.567 I19 |
Main |
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The Garden of Eden : the story of a freedmen’s community in Texas |
Sanders, Drew |
305.896 SA564g |
Main, E-Book |
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Opal Lee and what it means to be free : the true story of the grandmother of Juneteenth |
Duncan, Alice Faye |
323.092 D912o |
Main |
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The shootout at Cedar Creek, June 1889 : Ike Wilson and the legacy of Black Texas lawmen |
Nesby, Donald R. |
363.2 N367s |
Main |
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Private Black colleges in Texas, 1865-1954 |
Heintze, Michael R. |
378.764 H365P |
Main, E-Book |
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Juneteenth : the story behind the celebration |
Cotham, Edward T. |
394.263 C826j |
Main |
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Nell Plants a Tree |
Wynter, Anne |
813.6 W993n |
Main |
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Austin’s Rosewood neighborhood |
Rivera, Jane H. |
976.431 R524au |
Main |
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A student’s guide to African American genealogy |
Johnson, Anne E. |
929.1 J630st |
Genealogy |
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Black roots : a beginners guide to tracing the African American family tree |
Burroughs, Tony |
973 B945b |
Genealogy |
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Black genealogy : basic steps to research |
Linder, Billy Royce |
973 L643B |
Genealogy |
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Black family research : records of post-Civil War federal agencies at the National Archives |
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. |
AE 1.124:108/2010 |
US Documents |
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We can, we will! : the story of the Buffalo Soldiers : the first African Americans to serve in the regular Army |
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
P400.8 W369 2020 |
TX Documents |
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Black Dixie: Afro-Texan history and culture in Houston |
Beeth, Howard |
Z TA475.8 B393B |
TX Documents |
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A history of Fort Worth in black & white : 165 years of African-American life |
Selcer, Richard F. |
Z N745.8 SE48hi |
TX Documents |
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Black women in Texas history |
Glasrud, Bruce A. |
Z TA475.8 B561WO |
TX Documents |
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The Ground on Which I Stand : Tamina, a Freedmen’s Town |
Corn, Marti |
Z TA475.8 C814gr |
TX Documents, E-Book |
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Racial borders : Black soldiers along the Rio Grande |
Leiker, James N. |
Z TA475.8 L533ra |
TX Documents, E-Book |
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Black cowboys of Texas |
Massey, Sara R. |
Z TA475.8 M385B |
TX Documents |
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Fair ways : how six black golfers won civil rights in Beaumont, Texas |
Robertson, Robert J. |
Z TA475.8 R548FA |
TX Documents, E-Book |
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St. Philip’s College : a Point of Pride on San Antonio’s Eastside |
Thurston, Marie Pannell |
Z TA475.8 T427st |
TX Documents, E-Book |
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The African American experience in Texas : an anthology |
Glasrud, Bruce A. |
Z TT422.8 AF83AM |
TX Documents |
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Playing in shadows : Texas and Negro league baseball |
Fink, Robert |
Z TT422.8 F495PL |
TX Documents |
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And grace will lead me home : African American freedmen communities of Austin, Texas, 1865-1928 |
Mears, Michelle M. |
Z TT422.8 M463AN |
TX Documents |
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Acting up & getting down : plays by African American Texans |
Mayo, Sandra Marie |
Z UA380.8 AC84up |
TX Documents, E-Book |
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Barbara Jordan : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder |
Jordan, Barbara |
Z UA380.8 J761BA |
TX Documents, E-Book |
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Stages of struggle and celebration : a production history of Black theatre in Texas |
Mayo, Sandra Marie |
Z UA380.8 M454st |
TX Documents, E-Book |