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African American Communities
Pamphlets, letters, newspapers, and oral histories documenting life in major African American communities since the early 19th century.
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Digitized historical newspapers originally published by and for African Americans in the 19th century.
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Searches across all of Rutgers' primary source collections from Adam Matthew.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation's previously classified files on prominent radicals and radical organizations from 1956 to 1971.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation's previously classified files on prominent African Americans and African-American organizations.
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Black Drama
Plays written from the mid-1800s to the 21st century by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
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Non-fiction writing by leading figures in African American life and culture, including Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Wells, A. Phillip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, and hundreds of others.
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Fiction, poetry, and essays written by black women authors from Africa, America, and the diaspora.
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Chicago Defender (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
*Best Bet for SubjectDigitized collection of every issue of the Chicago Defender published from 1910 to 1975. The Chicago Defender was the most influential African-American newspaper of the 20th century.
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Digitized files from the British Colonial Office regarding the Caribbean.
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Documenting White Supremacy and Its Opponents in the 1920s
Digitized collection of Ku Klux Klan newspapers published during the 1920s documenting white nationalism in America. Also includes anti-Klan newspapers, which exposed the Klan's violence and bigotry.
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Ethnic NewsWatch
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FirstSearch
A shared catalog of library collections worldwide.
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HathiTrust Digital Library
(Open Access) A collection of books, consisting mostly of works in the public domain, digitized by libraries around the world.
About HathiTrust Digital LibraryHistoryMakers
A collection of video oral history interviews with African Americans who have made significant contributions in a wide variety of fields.
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MLA International Bibliography
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Newspaper Source Plus
Newspapers from around the world, plus hundreds of newswires, news magazines, and television and radio transcripts.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender
*Best Bet for SubjectDigitized collection of every issue of the Chicago Defender published from 1910 to 1975. The Chicago Defender was the most influential African-American newspaper of the 20th century.
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Race Relations in America
Digitized primary sources originally produced by the Race Relations Department at Fisk University from 1943-1970.
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Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest)
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