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MHS Library: English 1: Kindred Research

Octavia Butler

Octavia E. Butler:

June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006

Excerpt of Transcript of 2004 KCRW Interview

The Visions of Octavia Butler
New York Times interactive article from Nov. 2022 about Butler's life and works.
The Essential Octavia Butler
NYTimes article with brief overviews of her books.

On Racism
Butler's essay for the 2001 UN-sponsored World Conference on racism.

Historical Background

ABC-CLIO: American History This link opens in a new window
The links below go directly to some historical context reference articles from this ABC-CLIO database. There are additional relevant sources to explore through hyperlinks within this database as well.

Free Blacks in the Antebellum Period (Library of Congress)

The People of Wye House Plantation
A searchable database of the enslaved people of the Wye House Plantation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Talbot County between 1770 and 1826.
African American Genealogy
Resource page from Baltimore Library on conducting African American genealogical research.
American Bicentennial Celebration
Information and digitized artifacts from the Gerald Ford Presidential Library and Museum about the Bicentennial.

United States Bicentennial 1976
News article describing some of the speeches, parades and festivities in US cities on July 4th, 1976.

Books by and about Octavia Butler