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American Ethnic Studies: Additional Sources: African American
Resources for beginning research in American Ethnic Studies.
Major Primary Source Collections
Additional primary sources can be found on the African American history research guide. For manuscript material related to African American history in the Seattle region see African American Research & Archival Collections in the Pacific Northwest Collection.
- Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century This link opens in a new window
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Collections related to the civil rights movement including records of federal agencies (US Commission on Civil Rights, Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division, etc. ), organizations (NAACP, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, etc,) and individuals (Bayard Rustin, Mary McLeod Bethune, etc). Part of History Vault. - Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
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Video collection includes documentaries, newsreels, interviews & archival footage. - Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
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Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters & other material.
- Civil Rights and Social Justice
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Contains Commission on Civil Rights publications, landmark legislation, U.S. Supreme Court briefs & more. - Civil Rights Digital LibraryPortal to civil rights sources including documents, video, oral histories & more.
- Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive This link opens in a new window
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Primary sources on the transatlantic slave trade, abolitionist movements, institution of slavery in the US and Latin America, and emancipation.
- African Americans and Seattle's Civil Rights HistoryHistorical narrative supplemented by primary sources including oral histories, photographs & documents. Part of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project.
African American Studies Centers
Selected list of Research Centers for the study of African-American culture and history.