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- African American Museum and Library at Oakland
- This site provides information on the archives, reference library, and museum located at the African American Museum and Library in Oakland. The Museum and Library provides primary and secondary sources for the study of African American life in California and the West. (Source: Oakland Public Library)
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- African American Studies at Beinecke Library
- This site provides information on collections, exhibits, and events at Yale University’s Beinecke Library related to African American studies. The site includes a blog of current events as well as research resources and information on special collections and exhibitions. (Source: Beinecke Library)
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- AL--Rosa Parks Library and Museum
- The Rosa Parks Library and Museum, located at Troy University in Montgomery, Alabama, is home to the only museum dedicated solely to Rosa Parks and her civil rights achievements. The site contains information about the life of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and detailed information about the museum and its exhibits and holdings. (Source: Troy University, Montgomery)
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- Auburn Avenue Research Library
- The Auburn Avenue Research Library, part of the Atlanta-Fulton County Library System, is dedicated to preserving the history and culture of African Americans. The collection includes manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, books, periodicals and works of art. (Source: Atlanta-Fulton County Library System and Auburn Avenue Research Library)
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- Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
- This site lists periodicals, microforms, and finding aids that are available through the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, part of the Denver Public Library system. The site details the library’s archive collection that “consists of more than 150 collections of personal and professional papers, artifacts, photos, scrapbooks – all original – of great African Americans who shaped the West.” (Source: The Denver Public Library)
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- John Henrik Clarke Africana Library
- Based at Cornell University, the John Henrik Clarke African Library focuses on the social and political dimensions of the history and culture of people of African descent. (Source: Cornell University)
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- Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
- The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University in Chicago features “the largest separate Africana collection in existence” and includes books, journals, newspapers, archival collections, and other exhibits and special collections. The website includes library information, virtual exhibits, links to online scholarly resources on Africa, and facts on each African country. (Source: Northwestern University Library)
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- North Carolina Central University James E. Shepard Memorial Library
- The special collections department of the James E. Shepard Memorial Library at North Carolina Central University includes African American primary source material such as newspapers, pamphlets, personal papers, and first-edition novels. A featured collection is the personal library of Dr. Charles D. Martin. (Source: North Carolina Central University)
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- North Carolina State University: African American Cultural Center Library
- Housed at North Carolina State University, “the African American Cultural Center library houses a collection of educational and leisure reading resources by and about Africans, African Americans and other members of the African Diaspora.” The site features information about the library’s holdings and special events sponsored by the Center. (Source: North Carolina State University)
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- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Part of the New York Public Library, the Schomburg Center is the nation's premier repository for documents about African-Americans and others of African descent. The site includes links to online exhibits, digital collections and finding aids of materials housed in the manuscript division. (Source: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library)
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