Subject Guides
African American History
Guide Contents
Primary Sources
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online
A digital collection of books, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, ephemera, and maps that cover politics and society, literature, spirituality, technology and more.
To find primary sources, try searching in the Library Catalog with SUBJECT terms such as: sources, correspondence, diaries
Voices of the African American Experience Chronological compilation of documents related to the history of African Americans.
African American voices: a documentary reader from emancipation to the present Bartle Library Stacks -- E184.6 .A346 2014
Documentary History of the Modern Civil Rights Movement Bartle Reference E185.61.D64 1992 -- NON-CIRCULATING
Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion Bartle Reference E447.E53 2007 -- NON-CIRCULATING
"100 pages of primary documents ranging from transcribed congressional debates to slave narratives"
Race and national power: a sourcebook of Black civil rights from 1862 to 1954 Bartle Library Stacks E184.6 .R33 2011
Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia Bartle Reference E441.S635 2007 -- NON-CIRCULATING
Has nearly 200 pages of primary source materials in the second volume.
The Frederick Douglass papers. Series three, Correspondence Bartle Library Stacks E449.D75 A4 2009
Microfilm Collections
Black workers in the era of the great migration, 1916- - MICROFILM 1720
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868-1963). Papers. - MICROFILM 2177
FBI file on the National Negro Congress - MICROFILM 1799
FBI file on the Black Panther Party - MICROFILM 1801
FBI file on the NAACP - MICROFILM 1850
FBI file on Paul Robeson - MICROFILM 1800
FBI file on the Reverend Jesse Jackson - MICROFILM 1848
Malcolm X FBI surveillance file - MICROFILM 1765
Marcus Garvey FBI investigation file. - MICROFILM 1764
Martin Luther King, Jr. FBI file - MICROFILM 1777, MICROFILM 1777a
NAACP Minutes of meetings, 1909-1959. - MICROFILM 969
NAACP Papers.- MICROFILM 1712
Negros in the military service of the United States, 1639-1886 - MICROFILM 521
New York Public Library Schomburg collection of Negro literature and history. - MICROFILM 1512
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. [Papers] - MICROFILM 1569
U.S. Dept. of the Interior records relating to the African slave trade and Negro colonization, 1854-1872 - MICROFILM 520
Archives
Special Collections at Binghamton University
Binghamton University Libraries' Special Collections includes a number of excellent resources for the study of peoples of African descent. The items can only be viewed in person between 10am-4pm Monday-Friday. Contact speccoll@binghamton.edu with any questions or requests.
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- Black Studies CenterHistorical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. Materials includes newspapers, dissertations, abolitionist papers, and oral interviews. See the Binghamton University Libraries Center for the 1960s.
- Human Rights Studies OnlineA research and learning database providing comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide from 1900 to 2010. The collection includes primary and secondary materials across multiple media formats and content types for each selected event.
- Slavery & Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
Collections on the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of the slavery system, and the dynamics of emancipation in the U.S. as well as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions.
Resources Outside of Our Library
African American Women Writers from the 19th Century
A digital collection of works by 52 authors. Option to keyword search. Includes fiction, poetry, and essays. Some early-20th century works are also included. (Schomberg Center, NYPL)
American Memory: African American History
Provides links to the five collections of materials in the Library of Congress detailing African American life and culture. Highlights include slave and other personal narratives, sheet music, sound recordings of the blues, pamphlets, and collections on Jackie Robinson, Fredrick Douglass, and Zora Neale Hurston. (Library of Congress)
Documenting the American South
A digital library of texts, audio clips, and images that focus on the African-American experience in the South, with particular attention given to North Carolina. Great online source for primary documents. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
The Wisconsin Historical Society has digitized the full run (1827-1829) of Freedom's Journal, the first newspaper that was owned and operated by African Americans in the United States. (Wisconsin Historical Society)
James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters
Yale’s collection of important African American writers includes the papers of Claude McKay, Lloyd Richards, as well as the Black Panther Trial Sketches. Additional info about these collections can be found at blog, African American Studies at the Beinecke. (Yale University)
National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Smithsonian's newest museum exists virtually. Includes digital collections of photographs on the Civil Rights movement and black resistance, as well as audio files from Story Corps. (Smithsonian)
The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
The preeminent collection of archival material on the experience of people of African descent. Particularly strong in African American experiences, and to a lesser extent Caribbean experiences. Includes significant materials on the Harlem Renaissance, as well as excellent collections of photographs, art and artifacts, and sound recordings relating to black culture. Check out their list of digitized finding aids to get a sense of what manuscripts and collections are available. (Schomberg Center, NYPL)
Slavery & Abolition in the US: Selected Publications of the 1800s
Digital collection of books and pamphlets about slavery in the United States from the 19th century. Publications are from the Millersville University Library and Dickinson College Library.
- African American Women: Digitized Archival MaterialFour collections, covering the 1800's until the early 1900s, including a slave letter.
- The Freedmen’s Bureau ProjectEstablished in 1865 to help the nearly four million newly freedmen and women manage their transition from enslavement to citizenship, the Freedmen’s Bureau assisted with land and property, relief programs, medical care, and educational support—among many other important endeavors. View over 3.5 million searchable records in Ancestry's collection.
- Umbra Search African American HistoryUniversity of Minnesota search engine for African-American studies.
- The Obsidian CollectionA virtual portal for African American culture providing access to material of historical, artistic and cultural significance gathered from around the country.
