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Black History : Primary Sources

Resources in Black History

Political Buttons from the UCNJ Libraries' JSTOR database

       

Primary Source Documents from Black Past

More primary documents and information about the works from blackpast.org

Other Resources

  • Digital Library on American Slavery (DLAS) - From the National Council on Public History. Headquartered at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN.  Tens of thousands of public records of North Carolina Runaway Slave Notices (1750-1865), Race and Slavery Petitions, and Slave Deeds from the 15 slave states, Washington, D.C., and a number of northern states.  The DLAS houses information about over 100,000 enslaved people, enslavers, free people of color, and more.  "DLAS strives to be a documentation project, not an interpretive effort."

Citations and Image Credits

Image Citations:

  • Black history - Women’s history:  Fannie Lou Hamer, 1917-1977, BU. X.247. (Created: 1977-1980). Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Art and Artifacts Division. https://jstor.org/stable/community.31814730
  • We mourn our loss: Dr. Martin Luther King, 1929-1968, BU.X.446. (Created: 1950-1990). Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Art and Artifacts Division. https://jstor.org/stable/community.31816036
  • Proud American: Freedom and Possibility, 1862-1962, BU. X.248. (Created: 1900-2000). Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Art and Artifacts Division. https://jstor.org/stable/community.31816483
  • All power to the people, BU.X.411. (Created: 1900-2000). Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Art and Artifacts Division. https://jstor.org/stable/community.31815086

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