Homework Help for Teens - Black Studies

Accessible Archives

Accessible Archives provides a searchable collection of African American Newspapers from 19th century that includes Washington DC resources. It emphasizes eyewitness accounts of historical events, editorials, popular culture, and commerce during the 19th century for America from resources such as: Christian Recorder, Colored American, Frederick Douglass's Paper, Freedom's Journal, National Era, North Star, Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advocate. 

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African American Experience

Contains 500 full-text reference and scholarly articles and over 4,000 slave narratives. Includes primary documents, maps and images, lesson plans, and searchable timelines. 

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African American Studies Center

Contains over 5,000 biographies, more than 7,500 articles, and hundreds of maps, documents, images, timelines, and charts and tables of African-American life, history, and culture.

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Brainfuse HelpNow

HelpNow is a resource designed for K-12 students and beyond. Live tutoring is available in English and Spanish from 1 p.m. - 10 p.m. EST to provide homework help for core subjects, including mathematics, science, and English language arts. Practice long division, improve reading comprehension, and learn other key skills. Students may submit papers to HelpNow’s Writing Lab for expert assistance and feedback, or collaborate with peers in virtual study spaces.

Live tutoring for grades K-12 is available in English and Spanish from 1 p.m. - 10 p.m. EST.

This service was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Historic Black Newspapers

Full historic content from five major black newspapers: The Chicago Defender (1909-75), The New York Amsterdam News (1922-93), The Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) and Los Angeles Sentinel (1934–2005).

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