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African American Music Reference
Essays and images on blues, jazz, spirituals, gospel, rhythm and blues, hip hop and rap and other forms of African American musical expression. Provided by Alexander Street Press.
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Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
Website focused on Black Freedom, featuring select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
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Ebony Magazine Archive
Access the Ebony Magazine Archive starting from its first issue in 1945 through 2014.
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Federal Surveillance of African Americans
Collection of Justice Department's and its Federal Bureau of Investigation's widespread investigation of those deemed politically suspect.
Fight For Racial Justice And The Civil Rights Congress
Learn more about the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) involvement in civil rights and civil liberties.
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Gale eBooks
Digital encyclopedias and reference resources on a range of subjects from art, business, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies and science.
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Historical Black Newspapers
This historical newspaper collection provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
History Commons
African American Newspapers, including Washington, D.C. resources, emphasizing eyewitness accounts of events during the 19th century. Formerly named Accessible Archives.
HistoryMakers Digital Archive
The nation's largest African American video oral history collection with high-quality primary source content, with fully searchable transcripts, from thousands of people from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
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Newspapers.com
This Newspapers.com portal includes newspapers from Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia from the late 1700s into the 1960s.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Gale Primary Sources: Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers provides a window into events, culture and daily life in nineteenth-century Washington D.C. & America.
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Ralph J. Bunche Oral Histories Collection on the Civil Rights Movement
Interview transcripts of individuals who made history during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Women in the Life Magazine
Magazine for lesbians of color published by Women in the Life Association focusing on culture, politics and health.
