United States History Resources

Contains historical content from 6 major African American newspapers: Atlanta Daily World, Baltimore Afro-America, Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News, Philadelphia Tribune & Pittsburgh Courier.

African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 contains periodicals by and about African Americans. The publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, annual reports and other genres.

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 contains African American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Created in partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Kansas State Historical Society and the Library of Congress, African American Newspapers chronicles a century and a half of the African American.

Black Thought and Culture is an electronic collection of non-fiction writings by black leaders in North America. It includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other fugitive material.

Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984 contains reproductions of FBI files documenting the federal scrutiny, harassment, and prosecution to which black Americans of all political persuasions were subjected. The collection provides coverage of: "Negro radicals" s; the FBI's infringement of First Amendment freedoms; and its preoccupation with black radicalism between 1920 and 1984.

Includes NAACP Papers and documents relating to slavery and the law in the American South.

Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007 contains resources pertaining to slavery and abolition studies, bringing together documents and collections covering 1490-2007, from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world.