Selected Publications of Charles L. Blockson
Curator of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
- African Americans in Pennsylvania: a history and guide.
Baltimore, Md. : Black Classic Press, 1994.
- African Americans in Pennsylvania: above ground and underground, an illustrated guide.
Harrisburg, Pa. : RB Books, 2001.
- The ballad of the Underground Railroad. Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, 2008
- Black genealogy.
Baltimore, Md.: Black Classic Press, 1991.
- "Black Samuel Fraunces," Patriot, White House Steward and Restaurateur Par Excellence
- Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection: a unit of the Temple University Libraries.
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1990.
- A Commented bibliography of one hundred and one influential books by and about people of African descent, 1556-1982: a collector's choice.
Amsterdam: A. Gerits & Sons, 1989.
- "Damn rare": the memoirs of an African-American bibliophile.
Tracy, Calif. : Quantum Leap Pub., 1998.
- "Escape from slavery: the Underground Railroad"
The National Geographic Magazine, vol. 166, no. 1, July 1984, pp. 3-39.
- The Haitian Revolution: celebrating the first black republic.
Virginia Beach, Va. : Donning Co. Pub., 2004.
- Hippocrene guide to the Underground Railroad.
New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.
- The Journey of John W. Mosley: an African-American Pictorial Album.
Philadelphia, PA: Quantum Leap Publishers, 1992.
- The Liberty Bell era: the African American story.
Harrisburg, PA: RB Books, 2003.
- Pennsylvania's Black history.
Philadelphia, PA.: Portfolio Associates, 1975.
- Philadelphia 1639-2000.
Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2000.
- Philadelphia's Guide: African-American State Historical Markers.
Philadelphia, PA: Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, 1992.
- "Sea changes in the Sea Islands: nowhere to lay down weary head,"
The National Geographic Magazine, vol.172, no. 6, December 1987, pp. 735-763.
- The Underground Railroad.
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1987.
- The Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania.
Jacksonville, N.C. : Flame International, 1981.