• Black Roots: A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree, by Tony Burroughs
• Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African American Genealogy and Historical Identity, by Dee Parmer Woodtor
• The Best of Reclaiming Kin: Helpful Tips on Researching Your Roots, by Robyn N. Smith

Websites, Blogs, and Other Media

• African Roots Podcast: http://africanrootspodcast.com/
• AfriGeneas: http://www.afrigeneas.com/
• Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society: https://www.aahgs.org/   
• BlackProGen Live: http://www.whoisnickasmith.com/blackprogen/
• Cyndi’s List: https://www.cyndislist.com/african-american/  
• Finding Eliza: http://findingeliza.com/
• Finding Your Roots (PBS): https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/home/
• KINterested: https://kinterested.blogspot.com/
• Radiant Roots, Boricua Branches: http://radiantrootsboricuabranches.com/  
• Reclaiming Kin: http://www.reclaimingkin.com/

Maps

• Library of Congress: www.loc.gov
• New York Public Library, Map Division: https://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/map-division   
• David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: https://www.davidrumsey.com/

Newspapers

• Chronicling America (Library of Congress): https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
• ProQuest (Check Major Public and Collegiate Libraries)

Reconstruction and Jim Crow

• Freedmen’s Bureau: http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/
• Freedman’s Bank: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/African_American_Freedman%27s_Savings_and_Trust_Company_Records
• “Lynching in America” Equal Justice Initiative: https://eji.org/national-lynching-memorial
• Southern Claims Commission: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Southern_Claims_Commission
• Without Sanctuary: https://withoutsanctuary.org/  

Slavery

• Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/
• Freedom on the Move: https://freedomonthemove.org/
• Georgetown Slavery Archive: http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/timeline
• Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery: http://informationwanted.org/
• North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements: http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/RAS
• The Beyond Kin Project: https://beyondkin.org/
• The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/
• Universities Studying Slavery: http://slavery.virginia.edu/universities-studying-slavery/
• WPA Federal Writers’ Project:
  • https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/  
  • https://www.loc.gov/collections/federal-writers-project/about-this-collection/