African American Newspapers
- African American Newspapers, 1827-1998Now featuring 345 newspapers published in 36 states; full-text searchable.
- African American Newspapers (from Accessible Archives)Nineteenth century newspaper collection that includes The Christian Recorder, The Colored American/Weekly Advocate, Frederick Douglass’ Paper/Douglass' Monthly, Freedmen's Journal (Freedmen's Record), Freedom’s Journal, The National Era, The Negro Business League Herald, The North Star, and Provincial Freeman.
Videos
- Untold. Colson WhiteheadThe first author to win the Pulitzer Prize for two consecutive novels, Colson Whitehead is one of the United States’ most versatile writers.
- A Son of AfricaThe Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African was the first influential slave autobiography. It caused a sensation when published in 1789, fueling a growing anti-slavery movement in the U.S. and England.
- Prisoner 760, Part 1An interview/profile of Mohamedou Slahi, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay prison for nearly 14 years.
- Slavery and FreedomThis program turns to the classic slave narratives of Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass and the fiction of Harriet Beecher Stowe. What rhetorical strategies do their works use to construct an authentic and authoritative American self?
Primary Sources
- Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the PresentA landmark electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents a great deal of previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts. The ideas of over 1,000 authors present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America.
- Newsbank: Black Life in America Series 3Black Life in America provides coverage of the African American experience sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.