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History : African American: Primary Sources

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for African American history.

All Centuries

Ancestry This link opens in a new window
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Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
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Newspapers & Magazines

In addition to these African American newspapers see additional national & regional newspapers & magazines listed on the American history research guide.

African American Newspapers of the 19th century This link opens in a new window
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Black Life in America Series III This link opens in a new window
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15th - 18th Centuries

Early American Imprints
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19th & 20th Centuries

American Antiquarian Society Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
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American Black Journal

American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
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Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Biographical Sites

Topic: Slavery & Abolition

Topic: Civil Rights

Fannie Lou Hamer: Papers of a Civil Rights Activist, Political Activist, and Woman. This link opens in a new window
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Greensboro Massacre, 1979 This link opens in a new window
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NAACP Papers This link opens in a new window
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