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eBooks, Audiobooks, Movies, TV Series, & ComicsCovers more than 500 years of African-American history using biographies, primary sources, images, videos, timelines, maps, and charts.
Search historical records for African Americans that include the Federal Census, Marriage and Cohabitation Records, Military Draft and Service Records, Registers of Slaves and Free(d) Persons of Color, Freedman's Bank, and more.
Search hundreds of African American newspapers from across the United States published during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Provides full-text archives to the country’s premier African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender (1905-1975).
Containing more than 55 biographies per volume, the entries in this reference source cover well-known and respected multi-national black educators, writers, business people, athletes, military leaders and many others. Digital content starts at volume 148.
Provides access to historic U.S. military records, including the stories, photos and personal documents of the men and women who served. You can also search archives for African Americans, Native Americans and the U.S. Bureau of Investigation case files, historical newspapers, historical documents, U.S. Census records, U.S. naturalization records, and city directories.
A virtual bookshelf containing digital copies of reference titles covering a range of subjects including biographies, business, education, multicultural studies, and science.
