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- African Activist Archive
- The African Activist Archive "seeks to preserve for history the record of activities of U.S. organizations and individuals that supported African struggles for freedom and had a significant collective impact on U.S. policy during the period 1950-1994." The site includes a directory of the archives, a series of historical remembrances detailing activist projects, and an extensive list of links to related sites. (Source: African Studies Center, Michigan State University)
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- African American Genealogy at the National Archives
- This site contains a variety of information regarding genealogical research of African American ancestry available at the National Archives. Features of the site include pre- and post-Civil War research tips, military personnel tools, and links to numerous sites that specialize in African American genealogical research. (Source: National Archives)
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- African American Resources - Maryland State Archives
- This site provides a detailed guide to African American primary historical resources at the Maryland State Archives. Included is information on African American newspapers, church records, census information, and much more. Also included are selected online manuscript collections with accompanying teacher’s guides. (Source: Maryland State Archives)
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- African-American History and Culture (Library of Congress Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide)
- This site features information about the African American materials in the Library of Congress' Manuscripts Division. (Source: Library of Congress)
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- Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts
- This is the online and updated version of Michael Plunkett's book, Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts. This is a searchable database of the holdings of academic and public libraries, historical societies, and museums in Virginia. The holdings can be searched by keyword, subject, name, historical period or geographic location. (Source: University Press of Virginia)
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- Amistad Research Center
- The Amistad Research Center, located at Tulane University in New Orleans, is an independent archive specializing in the history of African Americans and other ethnic groups. The Center has art, photograph, and manuscript collections. (Source: Amistad Research Center)
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- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- This site contains information about the history of African American music and musicians and their influence on American culture. The site features information about collaborative projects as well as publications and special collections. (Source: Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University)
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- Black Abolitionists Archive
- This site contains a searchable database of historical speeches made by Black abolitionists. The database is searchable by people, organization, subject, keyword, newspaper titles, and date. (Source: University of Detroit Mercy)
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- Black Archives of Mid-America
- The Black Archives of Mid-America documents "the African American experience in the four-state area of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Oklahoma." The collection includes "diaries and personal documents, local written histories, African American newspapers, and records from churches, clubs, societies, and businesses." The repository also has an extensive photograph collection. (Source: Black Archives of Mid-America, Inc. and Kansas City Public Library.)
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- Black Family Research: Using the Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives
- This site contains information on using historical records available at the National Archives for genealogical research into Black families. The site features descriptions of each type of document available and how best to use each resource to find genealogical information. (Source: National Archives)
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- Black Metropolis Research Consortium
- The Chicago-based Black Metropolis Research Consortium brings together libraries, universities, and archives with strengths in African American and African Diaspora culture, history, and politics, relating to Chicago. Links to other archival resources are included. (Source: The Black Metropolis Research Consortium)
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- Blues Archive, The
- The Blues Archive is a repository of blues related materials, including sound recordings, photographs, videos, books, manuscripts, ephemera, and more. (Source: University of Mississippi Libraries)
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- Booker T. Washington Papers
- Booker T. Washington was a noted author and educator who founded the Tuskegee Institute. Washington’s writings were published by the University of Illinois Press and are now available online. The site also supplies access to numerous research journals. (Source: University of Illinois Press and The History Cooperative)
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- Caribbean Writers Summer Institute Archival Video Collection
- An archive of video footage from the Caribbean Writers’ Summer Institute, 1991-96. Videos include readings of poetry and fiction by Caribbean authors and discussions about Caribbean writers and their work. The video archive may be searched or browsed by participant or subject. (Source: University of Miami)
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- Chicago Jazz Archive
- Part of the University of Chicago Library, the Chicago Jazz Archive web site contains information about jazz music, especially in the Chicago area. The site features a guide for research on jazz as well as links to related sites. (Source: Joseph Regenstein Library, The University of Chicago)
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- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive
- Maintained by the University of Southern Mississippi's Special Collections Digital Program, this site contains a searchable database of digitized resources regarding race and civil rights in Mississippi, including oral histories, manuscripts and photographs. (Source: USM Libraries, Special Collections Digital Program, University of Southern Mississippi)
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- Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery
- The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery aims “to help scholars from different disciplines use archaeological evidence to advance our historical understanding of the slave-based society that evolved in the Atlantic World during the colonial and ante-bellum periods.” The site features a searchable database, divided by both subject and site, detailed information about each included site, and a list of bibliographic references. (Source: Thomas Jefferson Foundation)
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- Documenting the American South
- Created by the University Library of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Documenting the American South is a digital collection of full-text writings about Southern history, literature, and culture. Included in the database are slave narratives, texts related to the Southern Black church community, and much more. (Source: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries)
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- Emory University’s Guide to African American History and Culture
- This guide contains a list of collections (along with brief descriptions) available at Emory University’s Manuscript, Archive and Rare Book Library. “Emory collects African American-published books, pamphlets, periodicals, sheet music, broadsides, and printed ephemera in all fields.” The Manuscript, Archive and Rare Book Library is also home to the Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Archives. (Source: Emory University)
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- Fayetteville State University: Archives and Special Collections of the Charles W. Chesnutt Library
- The Fayetteville State University Archives and Special Collections includes manuscripts, personal papers, photographs and other materials of historical value. The website includes links to digitized collections, a history of Fayetteville State University, and a bibliography relating to the university’s history. (Source: Fayetteville State University)
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- FBI Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room
- Through the Freedom of Information Act files on particular persons and organizations were released to the public and are available in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room located at FBI Headquarters. Many of the files are accessible online. In some cases, only an abstract is available online. (Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation)
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- FL--Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, The
- The Black Archives Collection of South Florida was created “to ensure that manuscripts, letters, photographs, articles and other materials documenting South Florida's Black community were preserved.” The website features information for researchers, a history of the Lyric Theater, events, visitor information, and links to other resources. (Source: The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc.)
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- Frederick Douglass Papers
- Part of the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress, this site is a searchable database of primary source material about Frederick Douglass. “The papers span the years 1841 to 1964, with the bulk of the material from 1862 to 1895. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and articles by Douglass and his contemporaries, a draft of his autobiography, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items. These papers reveal Douglass' interest in diverse subjects such as politics, emancipation, racial prejudice, women's suffrage, and prison reform. Included is correspondence with many prominent civil rights reformers of his day…” (Source: The Library of Congress)
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- Guide to African American Manuscripts in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society
- This site serves as an online guide to the African American materials in the manuscripts collection of the Virginia Historical Society. The guide includes background historical information, a searchable database, and full downloads of text versions of the guide. (Source: Virginia Historical Society)
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- Guide to African-American Documentary Resources in North Carolina
- This site is a guide to African-American documentary resources in North Carolina libraries. The site can be searched by keyword, subject, name, historical period or geographic location. (Source: University Press of Virginia)
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- Guide to Library and Archival Collections of African Americans in Medicine and Biomedical Research
- This site provides a guide for researchers interested in collections on African American medical history. Provided on the site is information on the collection holdings of several libraries, archives, and museums. (Source: National Library of Medicine)
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- Johnson C. Smith University Inez Moore Parker Archives and Research Center
- This site contains information about the Inez Moore Parker Archives and Research Center. The site features a list of prominent archival collections and holdings relevant to African American history and culture. (Source: Johnson C. Smith University)
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- Mapping the Stacks: A Guide to Black Chicago's Hidden Archives
- Contains archival materials of mid-20th century African-American Chicago culture, including primary source documents and finding aids. (Source: University of Chicago)
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- Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project, The
- Based at at UCLA, this site provides text and sample documents from each volume of the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. The site features a biography of Garvey along with a photo gallery and sound library. (Source: James S. Coleman African Studies Center, UCLA)
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- Portal for African American Pamphlets
- “The Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library at Emory University houses several thousand 19th and 20th century pamphlets relating broadly to African American religion and politics.” The site allows the user to browse pamphlets by subject including pamphlets with an African American author, publisher, or illustrator. Under “About” are links to other collections of African American pamphlets. (Source: Emory University)
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- Satchmo.net - The Official Site of the Louis Armstrong House and Archives
- This site is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Louis Armstrong. Biographical information about Armstrong is included on the site as well as information about visiting the Louis Armstrong House and the archives, which are located at Queens College in Queens, New York (Source: Louis Armstrong House and Archives)
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- Virginia Black History Archives
- Virginia Black History Archives is a project at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Library’s Special Collections and Archives department. The site includes a list of manuscript collections related to African Americans in Richmond or central Virginia, a history of African Americans at VCU, and much more. (Source: James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University)
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- W.E.B. Du Bois Papers
- This site offers online access to a catalog guide of the W.E.B. Du Bois Papers housed at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Microfilm copies of the papers are available at various universities, all of which are listed on the site. Included is a sample of the W.E.B. Du Bois exhibit with captioned photographs and biographical essays. Also featured is information on hosting the Du Bois traveling exhibit. (Source: University of Massachusetts – Amherst)
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