Hot Topics: Black History Month
Last update: February 8, 2015
Black History Month
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African-American Astronauts (archival website)
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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century (via New York Public Library)
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African Voices
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Americans in Stamps Poster Series
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Anacostia Community Museum
(formerly Anacostia Museum and Center for African-American History and Culture)
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Black History Month (via the History Channel)
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Black History Month (via InfoPlease Almanac)
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Black Wings: African-American Pioneer Aviators
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Census Bureau, U.S.
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Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences, The
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Library of Congress
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African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the
Study of Black History and Culture
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African American Odyssey
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African-American Perspectives, 1818 - 1907
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African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
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Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
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An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Printed Ephemera
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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project, 1936 - 1938
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Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780 - 1925
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First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860 - 1920
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Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress, 1841 - 1964
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From Slavery to Freedom: the African-American Pamphlet Collection,
1824-1909
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Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860's - 1960's
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Now What a Time: Blues, Gospel and the Fort Valley Music Festivals,
1938 - 1943
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Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
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Slaves and the Courts, 1740 - 1860
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Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
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We'll Sing to Abe Our Song: Sheet Music About Lincoln, Emancipation, and
the Civil War
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Words and Deed in American History
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Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Lilbrary of Congress
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month (via Louisiana State University Libraries)
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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
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African American Research (Genealogists and Family Historians)
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Amistad Case, The
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Beyond the Playing Field: Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
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Black History Sources
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Face to Face with History (Surgeons in the Union Army)
(from
Prologue Fall 2009, vol. 41, no. 3 )
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Federal Records and African American History
(from
Prologue Summer 1997, v.29 no.2 )
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Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War, The
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Freedmen's Bureau Resources
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From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's History in
the Civil War Era
(from
Prologue Summer 1997, v.29 no.2 )
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In Freedom's Shadow: The Reconstruction Legacy of Renty Franklin Greaves of Beaufort County, South Carolina
(from
Prologue Fall 2010, Vol. 42, No. 3)
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Photography Index
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Records on African American History
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National Park Service (NPS)
- Negro League
- Speeches by African-American Women
(via Gifts of Speech )
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Ain't I A Woman? by Sojourner Truth (1851)
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Change: From What To What by
Barbara Jordan, Texas Congressman (1992)
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Democratic Convention Keynote Address: Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?
by
Barbara Jordan, Texas Congressman (1976)
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Equal Rights for Women by
Shirley Chisholm , New York Congressman(1969)
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Father Gave Her to His White People After The War: Oral History
Of Her Days As A Slave by Ms. Holmes, Former Slave (1930)
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On The Pulse Of Morning by Maya Angelou, Poet (1993)
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Opening Statement To The House Judiciary Committee,
Proceedings On The Impeachment Of Richard Nixon by
Barbara Jordan, Texas Congressman (1974)
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Oral History of Her Days As a Slave by Lucinda Davis, Former Slave (1930)
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Oral History of Her Days As a Slave by Tempe Herndon Durham, Former Slave
(1937)
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Oral History of Her Days As a Slave by Mary Reynolds, Former Slave, (1930)
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The Progress of Colored Women Mary Church Terrell, President,
National Association Of Colored Women (1898)
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World War II African American Medal of Honor Recipients
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