Women in Black History
African American Women Chemists by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780199909612Publication Date: 2011- African American Women byCall Number: E 668 .F7ISBN: 0899507301Publication Date: 1992
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Call Number: E444.T82 C57 2004ISBN: 0316144924Publication Date: 2004
Sissieretta Jones by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781611172812Publication Date: 2013
Afro American Encyclopaedia, 1896
- Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the NumerCall Number: Archive.orgPublication Date: 1895
The Daniel A.P. Murray Collection - Turn of the Century Literary Stars
Daniel A.P. Murray was asked by the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, to collect a copy of every writing authored by a Negro author, and at his passing in 1925 the collection which provided a snapshot into the lives of African Americans at the turn of the last century, went to the Library of Congress. Part of his collection was displayed as part of an award winning exhibition at the 1900 Paris Exposition. The exhibition was organized by black scholar W.E.B. Du Bois and included works of art, drawings of patented inventions, portraits of Congressional Medal of Honor winners, and photographs of places and lives of black Americans. 1 Dr. Du Bois, who studied at Harvard University and University of Berlin, was the first black American to receive a PhD. from Harvard, founded the Niagara Movement and founded the NAACP. 2
Source: African American Perspectives: Materials Selected for the Rare Book Collection.Library of Congress.
Primary Sources
- Black Freedom Struggle in the US: A Selection of Primary Sources
Featured subjects include:
Slavery and Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860)
Civil War and Reconstruction Era (1861-1877)
Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932)
New Deal and World War II (1933-1945)
Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975)
Contemporary Era (1976-2000s)
Internet Resources
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The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culturehttps://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/
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The Online Reference Guide to African American History opens new windowwww.blackpast.org
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AAREG: African American Registry opens new windowhttps://aaregistry.org/search-the-registry/
W.E.B. Du Bois
Morals and Manners among Negro Americans by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781461633839Publication Date: 2010
Prayers for Dark People by Call Number: BV 245 .D8 1980ISBN: 9780870233036Publication Date: 1980
The Souls of Black Folk by Call Number: E 185.5 .D817 1997ISBN: 9780486280417Publication Date: 1994
Booker T. Washington
- Booker T. Washington Delivers the “Atlanta Compromise”
On September 18, 1895, Booker T. Washington delivered his famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech also known as the “Atlanta Exposition Speech” at the opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. Washington, the founder and president of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University), was the first African-American man ever to address a racially mixed Southern audience. He used the occasion to advocate a moderate approach to race relations in the New South:
Up from Slavery by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781504042437Publication Date: 2016
Black History Overview
Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It by Call Number: E185 .A97 2000ISBN: 0385492782Publication Date: 2000
Freedom Facts and Firsts by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781578591923Publication Date: 2009
The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature, Volume 1 by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781118604977Publication Date: 2013
John Hope Franklin
Tributes to John Hope Franklin: Scholar, Mentor, Father, Friend by Call Number: EbookISBN: 0826215041Publication Date: 2003
Henry Ossawa Tanner
- Henry Ossawa Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) was one of the most distinguished artists of the 19th century, and the first African American artist recognized internationally for his work. He became known primarily for his paintings that depicted biblical themes “in their original setting.” Tanner was born in Philadelphia in 1859. His father was a teacher and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopalian Church. His mother was a former slave who escaped to Philadelphia through the Underground Railroad.