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African American History
Primary Sources in African American History moves African American studies dramatically into the digital age. Now both students and advanced scholars can access exciting manuscripts and other primary source materials as well as essential reference material with the stroke of a computer key.Product Overview
What truly separates Primary Sources in African American History from other educational websites is a database of the most essential source materials for scholarship--sources that every scholar in the field must know and will turn to again and again. Available through the service are primary sources on the civil rights movement, the NAACP's legal campaign against segregation and racism, late 19th and early 20th century peonage cases in the South, African Americans and the New Deal, the crusade against the movie Birth of a Nation, and much more. Also available are rare materials on slavery from colonial through antebellum years, the Civil War, reconstruction, and 20th century political developments.Extensive Content
At present, the African American History module contains over 8,700 documents (7,400+ primary source items) composed of nearly 46,000 full-text searchable pages, including:- Manuscripts: With easy access to exciting source material, even beginning researchers can experience the thrill of using primary sources to analyze dramatic episodes in African American History.
- Court Cases: Including every reported judicial opinion pertaining to race and slavery in every colony, from the 17th century through the Confederation period, and every U.S. Supreme Court decision pertaining to race.
- Statutes: Including a complete compilation of reported colonial legislative acts pertaining to race and slavery in every colony, as well as every major law passed by the U.S. Congress since 1792 that relates to race or particularly impacts African Americans.
- Speeches: Many speeches by noted African American leaders.
- Autobiographies: Autobiographies of African Americans present a valuable personal perspective.
- Photographs and Images: Hundreds of images--many never before published--of famous civil rights leaders and ordinary African Americans.
- Government Documents: Growing database of U.S. government documents drawn from the massive collections of Congressional Information Service, Inc.
- Secondary Sources: Scholarly articles and over 1,100 reference articles help place the primary source material in historical context.
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