DONALD FRANKLIN JOYCE is Dean of Library and Media Services at Austin Peay State University. He is the author of Gatekeepers of Black Culture: Black-Owned Book Publishing in the United States, 1817-1981 (Greenwood, 1983), Blacks in the Humanities, 1750-1984: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1986), and Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses, 1817-1990 (Greenwood, 1991).

• Introduction General Reference Works: An Overview In The Wake of Alain Locke: Blacks in Philosophy In Search of Salvation: Blacks in Religion The Legacy of Edward Christopher Williams: Blacks in Libraries and Librarianship Defenders of the Race: Blacks in Journalism Blacks Souls Expressed: Blacks in Folklore Signifying and Rapping: Blacks in Linguistics Witnessing: Blacks in the Visual Arts Greasepaint and Other Things: Blacks in the Performing Arts Singing, Hymning, Souling and Rapping: Blacks in Music Critiquing the Black Muse: Black Literary Criticism Index

DONALD FRANKLIN JOYCE is Dean of Library and Media Services at Austin Peay State University. He is the author of Gatekeepers of Black Culture: Black-Owned Book Publishing in the United States, 1817-1981 (Greenwood, 1983), Blacks in the Humanities, 1750-1984: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1986), and Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses, 1817-1990 (Greenwood, 1991).

• Introduction General Reference Works: An Overview In The Wake of Alain Locke: Blacks in Philosophy In Search of Salvation: Blacks in Religion The Legacy of Edward Christopher Williams: Blacks in Libraries and Librarianship Defenders of the Race: Blacks in Journalism Blacks Souls Expressed: Blacks in Folklore Signifying and Rapping: Blacks in Linguistics Witnessing: Blacks in the Visual Arts Greasepaint and Other Things: Blacks in the Performing Arts Singing, Hymning, Souling and Rapping: Blacks in Music Critiquing the Black Muse: Black Literary Criticism Index

DONALD FRANKLIN JOYCE is Dean of Library and Media Services at Austin Peay State University. He is the author of Gatekeepers of Black Culture: Black-Owned Book Publishing in the United States, 1817-1981 (Greenwood, 1983), Blacks in the Humanities, 1750-1984: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1986), and Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses, 1817-1990 (Greenwood, 1991).

• Introduction General Reference Works: An Overview In The Wake of Alain Locke: Blacks in Philosophy In Search of Salvation: Blacks in Religion The Legacy of Edward Christopher Williams: Blacks in Libraries and Librarianship Defenders of the Race: Blacks in Journalism Blacks Souls Expressed: Blacks in Folklore Signifying and Rapping: Blacks in Linguistics Witnessing: Blacks in the Visual Arts Greasepaint and Other Things: Blacks in the Performing Arts Singing, Hymning, Souling and Rapping: Blacks in Music Critiquing the Black Muse: Black Literary Criticism Index