Robert Fikes, Jr., a 1970 graduate of Tuskegee Institute, earnedgraduate degrees in modern European history and library science at theUniversity of Minnesota. A reference librarian at San Diego StateUniversity where he is also subject bibliographer for Africana Studiesand for American, Middle Eastern, and African history, Fikes haspublished journal articles, essays, encyclopedia entries,bibliographies, and monographs pertaining to history and literature.