The Library offers many resources that document, commemorate, and celebrate Black history and experiences in the U.S. Each week this month, we’ll feature some of these resources. Today we highlight the book collection and primary sources online.
Book Collection
- Book Display: Visit our Black History Month display near the Information Desk. Feel free to borrow books from the display!
- Diversity Display Collection: Browse our Diversity Display Collection, located on the main floor in the GLA Reading Room.
- Looking for a specific topic? Of course, books on African American history and experiences can be found throughout the Library – from Arts, to History, to Literature, to Science, and more. Search the Library Catalog for books on a topic of interest.
- While most of our book collection is print books, you can browse a list of ebooks on the subject “African Americans – History” in our Library Catalog.
Primary Sources Online
- African American Newspapers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, 1885-1925 (Gustavus account not required for access)
- Black Life in America: The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704-1975. This is a trial database for Spring 2021. To provide feedback on the trial, email ahulsebe@gustavus.edu. (Gustavus account required for access)
- Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984. (Gustavus account required for access)
- Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive. Part 1, Debates over Slavery and Abolition. (Gustavus account required for access)
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law. (Gustavus account required for access)
More Resources:
- African American History Month (Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
- Black History, Black Voices (Minnesota Historical Society)
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