HIST 158: North of Jim Crow, South of Freedom: Primary Sources

Scans of historic American newspapers from the Library of Congress. Supports in-text searching.

Scanned version of The Crisis from Google Books. Print and microfilm copies also available; search library catalog for call number and dates.

Scanned version of Jet from Google Books.

Scanned version of Ebony from Google Books. Print and microfilm copies also available; search library catalog for call number and dates.

Collection of open access alternative press newspapers written by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

Umbra Search is a specialized primary source portal for African American History from the University of Minnesota Libraries and the Penumbra Theater Company. The portal brings together hundreds of thousands digitized images, texts, video, and audio related to African American History from over 1,000 libraries and archives across the country.

Searches across and provides access to the more than 300 digital collections created by the Library of Congress. Includes photos, prints, drawings, maps, books, manuscripts, audio recordings, films, notated music, newspapers, and archived websites.

Digital collections from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.