History Commons (formerly Accessible Archives) provides primary sources from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century, reflecting broad views across American history and culture – including: African American life, Women’s Suffrage, American County Histories, Colonial America, the Civil War, America in World War I, and much more.
A wide-ranging research tool for African American history and culture. Includes more than 300 titles including reference books, primary source materials, WPA slave narratives, and thousands of photographs, maps and other images.
An interdisciplinary academic collection devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans covering the tumultuous period from 1900 to present day.
This site is a free, open resource for students and educators who are researching U.S. Black history. It features over 2,000 curated primary-source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
Black Studies Center consists of scholarly journals, commissioned overview essays by top scholars in Black Studies, historic indexes, and The Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910-1975. The components of Black Studies Center include: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience; Black Studies Periodicals Database; The Chicago Defender; Black Literature Index; Proquest Black Newspapers; and Black Abolitionist Papers.
