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Electronic Resources for Black Studies

The purpose of this research guide is to focus on key Electronic Resources for Black Studies, with an emphasis on African American experience in the United States.

Newspapers


American Race Relations: Global Perspectives, 1940-1996 

Translated news broadcasts, reports, and publications from around the world offer coverage of America’s fight for racial justice.

Apartheid: Global Perspectives

Translated news broadcasts, reports, and publications offer coverage of apartheid as seen across Africa and around the world.

Caribbean History and Culture, Imprints from the Library Company of Philadelphia (1535-1920) 

Collection of books, pamphlets, almanacs, broadsides and ephemera. Subject areas include Atlantic Studies, Diaspora Studies, Economic Studies, History of Medicine, Ethnicity and Gender Studies, Latin America and Slavery.

Caribbean Newspapers. Series 1, 1718-1876 

More than 140 newspapers from 22 islands. Most published in the English language.

The Black Panther

Description: The Black Panther was the official newspaper for the Black Panther Party. It was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in 1967 and ran through 1980 printing

Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1940-1996 

Translated news broadcasts, reports, and publications from around the world cover topics related to immigration and refugees.

Independent Voices 

Digitized alternative press publications, including small literary magazines, underground newspapers, LGBT periodicals, the minority press (Latino, Black and Native American) and the extreme right-wing press.

ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers 

Search just the "Historical Black Newspapers" portion of the Proquest Historical Newspapers collection. This includes the Chicago Defender, the Los Angeles Sentinel, the New York Amsterdam News, and the Pittsburgh Courier.

Runaway Slaves in Britain: bondage, freedom and race in the eighteenth century

Advertisements from eighteenth-century English and Scottish newspapers.