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Specialized library resources

Collections of primary sources

African American Communities This link opens in a new window
Primary source material representing the culture and identity of African American communities primarily in Atlanta, New York, Chicago, and North Carolina.
African American Music Reference This link opens in a new window
Biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies chronicling the history and culture of the African American experience through music. Can be cross-searched with other Alexander Street music databases in Music & Performing Arts Online.
African American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full-text of United States newspapers covering perspectives on historical events and the cultural history of African Americans during the 19th and 20th centuries. Cross-search this & other Readex historical collections with Readex AllSearch .
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new window
Historical, full text newspapers, including: The Christian Recorder (1861-1902), The Colored American (1837-1841), Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851-1855; 1859-1863), Freedom's Journal (1827-1829), The National Era (1847-1860), The North Star (1847-1851), Provincial Freeman (1854-1857), Weekly Advocate (1837-1837).
Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922 This link opens in a new window
Primary resources on African American history, literature and culture from The Library Company's Afro-Americana Collection. Cross-search this & other Readex historical collections with Readex AllSearch .
American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922 This link opens in a new window
Digitized books, pamphlets, graphic materials and ephemera held by the American Antiquarian Society exploring the history of slavery and abolition. Cross-search this & other Readex historical collections with Readex AllSearch .
Black History Records This link opens in a new window
Historical, primary source material in African American studies.
Liberator, The This link opens in a new window
William Lloyd Garrison's weekly abolitionist newspaper, from 1831 - 1865.
National Anti-Slavery Standard This link opens in a new window
The official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Search or browse full-text issues from 1840-1870.
Philadelphia Tribune - Historical (1912 - 2001) This link opens in a new window
Search or browse complete full text issues of the oldest continuously published daily black newspaper in the United States.

Full text literary works

Black Drama, 1850 - Present This link opens in a new window
Full-text plays written from the mid-1800s to the present.
Black Women Writers This link opens in a new window
Fiction, poetry and essays from three continents, giving views of black women's struggles through time.
Caribbean Literature This link opens in a new window
Poetry and fiction produced in the region during the 19th and 20th centuries, including rare and hard-to-find works written in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creole languages.

Streaming documentary video collections

Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
Documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States, including the California Newsreel African American Classics collection.