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General History
The Middle Passage
Slavery
Abolition
Civil War and Reconstruction
Jim Crow Era
Lynching
1920s -1950s
1960s - Present
Research Basics
Podcasts
Historically Black
Produced by APM Reports & The Washington Post
Witness Black History
Produced by BBC World Services
In Black America, a podcast from NPR
Databases
Oxford African American Studies Center
Articles and scholarly essays, historical newspaper articles, primary sources, and timelines you can use for African American topics.
U.S. History in Context
Articles, essays, and primary sources on the history of the United States.
ProQuest Central
Articles on any subject. This is a good place to start.
Gale eBooks
Background information on all topics to start your research.
Digital Archives
National Museum of African American History and Culture Searchable Museum
Civil Rights Digital Library
BlackPast.org
Black Women's Suffrage Portal
On the Shelf at CCBC Libraries
May We Forever Stand
The Slave Ship
The Slave's Cause
Understanding Jim Crow
The African American Experience During World War II
And Still I Rise
Baltimore and Maryland African-American History
Beulah M. Davis Special Collections: Morgan State, Baltimore & Maryland History
from Morgan State University, Earl S. Richardson Library
Primary Sources
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary Sources
from Proquest
Websites
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Library of Congress African American History
National Museum of American History
The African American Migration Experience
Museum of African American History
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