Provides primary source documents covering six different time periods of the struggle for Black Freedom, including the Abolitionist and Civil Rights Movements, with a focus on the experiences and perspectives of African Americans.
This guide is designed to get you started discovering and researching Black history. UAPL’s Research Librarians have compiled recommended websites, books, digital resources, databases, and more, that are reliable and authoritative resources for learning about the Black experience in the United States. For assistance using these, or any of the UAPL’s other resources, please contact […]
Explores the experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media from 1704 to today, pulling primary source content from 19,000 global news outlets, including 400 current and historical Black publications. Topics include slavery, voting rights, voter suppression and disenfranchisement, civil rights, prejudice, discrimination, and activism.
Examines the historical significance of fashion trends in the United States from precolonial times to the present.
Examines conflicts in the Middle East, from the Arab Spring to the present day. Includes primary source documents.
These volumes detail the highly controversial and influential phenomena of conspiracies and conspiracy theories in American Society.
Examines documents of the Founding Fathers, letters, essays, constitutional amendments, speeches, inaugural addresses, and court rulings. Includes primary source documents.
Provides background information on the facts, events, trends, and policies of American History, with definitions for both familiar and obscure topics.
Explores American tragedies, both natural and man-made, from the Salem Witch Trials to the present. Includes primary source documents.
Offers information on important scientific discoveries from the astronomical, life, and physical sciences, including important technologies and inventions.
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