Library: Black History Month: Online Resources

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NC LIVE Video Collection: African-American Studies
Streaming PBS videos on African-American history and culture.
Africans in America
Companion website to the PBS series (available in NC LIVE Video Collection, above). Text, images, and maps provide an overview of Africans in America from 1450 to 1865.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Streaming video of series written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for PBS (2013). From Films on Demand via NC LIVE.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950
Try browsing for texts by historical events, such as "Fugitive Slave Act" or "Reconstruction," or searching by the author's race.

African American History Month: Exhibits & Collections
Links to online exhibits on subjects like "Art & Design," "Culture & Folklife," "Military," and "Slavery." From the Library of Congress.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Digital Schomburg
Online exhibitions, audio/video, and digital books on a wide range of topics in African, African-American, and African diaspora history.
Say It Plain, Say It Loud: A Century of Great African American Speeches
Streaming audio and transcripts of speeches by African-American activists and public figures from Booker T. Washington (1895) to Barack Obama. From American Public Media.
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
Digital version of the 2007-08 National Portrait Gallery exhibition, including photographs and brief biographical detail. From the Smithsonian Institution.
Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South
Oral history interviews in mp3 format (some with transcripts). From Duke University Libraries.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Features biographical information about Dr. King and Coretta Scott King, plus an extensive archive of letters, news articles, pamphlets, sermons, and more.
Moments and Milestones in Black History
Streaming documentary videos and interviews from PBS.
Black History Month
Videos, speeches, photos, and timeline from The History Channel.
LibGuide: African-American History
Find more links to resources in our History LibGuide.

African American Poetry
Find poems written by African-American authors between 1750-1900.
Black Life in America
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media
Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile)
Provides access to articles covering cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
Issues & Controversies in History
Coverage from antiquity to the present, providing pro/con articles based on a wide range of primary sources.
Salem History
Online resources including Milestone Documents and encyclopedias on the 20th century, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, the 50 states, business, inventors, and notorious figures.