Newspapers, periodicals, oral histories, organizational records, personal papers, pamphlets, and ephemera that document the history of African American communities in Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, New York, North Carolina. Highlights of the collection include the Chicago Urban League records (1917-1985), the Town of Pullman records (1876-1919), the Lea Demarest Taylor papers on housing and race relations, 1893-1966, the Urban League of St. Louis records, and an extensive oral history collection. Collection is organized around five broad themes: Desegregation, Urban renewal and housing problems, Civil rights activities and protests, Race relations and community integration, and African American culture.

This database features early African American poetry, from the first recorded poem by an African American (Lucy Terry Prince's 'Bars Fight', c.1746) to the major poets of the nineteenth century, including Paul Laurence Dunbar and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

1830-1865. Approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists.

1,462 plays by 233 African American playwrights.

Online access to 37 previously-microfilmed archival collections, including East St. Louis Riot of 1917; Martin Luther King Jr. FBI Files, Parts I and II; Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration, 1916-1929; Several series of records on civil rights during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, and Bush administrations; and more.

Issued in modules. 36 previously-microfilmed archival collections, including the Records of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Bayard Rustin Papers, the Mary McLeod Bethune Papers, the Papers of A. Philip Randolph, the Records of the American Committee on Africa, the Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the Claude A. Barnett Papers, and more.

Documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage

Colonial times to the present. Non-fiction works, including interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, books, pamphlets, and letters, with brief, biographical entries for all authors. Some of the documents were previously-unpublished. Supports browsing by date, event, and other subjects.

Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. The Freedman's Saving and Trust Company, which was established by Congress for the benefit of freed slaves. Records include personal information of depositors, including the name of depositor, the date of application/deposit, the name of the depositor's employer, the name of plantation, the depositor's age, the depositor's height, the depositor's complexion, the name of the depositor's father and/or mother, marital status, place of birth, place of residence, occupation, names of depositor's children, and names of depositor's siblings. Part of HeritageQuest.

Filmed, oral history interviews of contemporary African Americans. Subscription canceled.

Major reference works, along with supplementary primary source material.

The papers of the NAACP held by the Library of Congress. Previously available on microfilm, the digitized version comprises six modules: Board of Directors, Annual Conferences, Major Speeches, and National Staff Files (Parts 1, 2, 14, 16, 17, and 21 of the microfilm set); Branch Department, Branch Files, and Youth Department Files (Parts 12, 19, 25, 26, 27, and 29 of the microfilm set); Special Subjects (Parts 11, 18, 24, 28, and 30 of the microfilm set); The NAACP's Major Campaigns: Education, Voting, Housing, Employment, Armed Forces (Parts 3, 4, 5, 9, and 13 of the microfilm set); The NAACP's Major Campaigns: Legal Department Files (Parts 22 and 23 of the microfilm set); and The NAACP's Major Campaigns: Scottsboro, Anti-Lynching, Criminal Justice, Peonage, Labor, and Segregation and Discrimination Complaints and Responses (Parts 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, and 20 of the microfilm set). Part of ProQuest History Vault.

Documents from the Archives of the Race Relations Department of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. The Race Relations Department of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries was established for the purpose of bringing the expertise of social scientists to bear on the problem of race relations in the United States. Although the entire archive has not been digitized, the collection includes significant holdings of case studies, reports, audio recordings, scrapbooks, statistical data, academic studies, photographs, periodicals, correspondence, government documents, posters, and more. The collection also features extensive editorial apparatus intended to assist the user with exploring and interpreting the documents.

Manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, and maps. Emphasis on the Atlantic world, but includes coverage of Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific. Documents all aspects of slave trade and the slave experience.

Books, periodicals, manuscripts, court records, and reference works documenting world slavery and the slave trade from the 16th century through the 19th.

All extant legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world, as well as documents on free African-Americans before 1870. Includes every statute passed by every state and colony, all federal statutes, all reported state and federal cases on slavery, and hundreds of books and pamphlets on the subject. Free to use, but registration required. Part of Hein Online.

Digitized from the following microfilm collections: Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series A: Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Part 1: The Papers of James Henry Hammond, 1795-1865; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series A: Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Part 2: Miscellaneous Collections; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series D: Selections from the Maryland Historical Society; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series H: Selections from Tulane University and the Louisiana State Museum Archives; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I: Selections from Louisiana State University, Part 1: Louisiana Sugar Plantations; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I: Selections from Louisiana State University, Part 2: Louisiana and Other Cotton Plantations; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I: Selections from Louisiana State University, Part 3: The Natchez Area; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I: Selections from Louisiana State University, Part 6: David Weeks and Family Collection; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I: Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries, Part 4: Barrow, Bisland, Bowman, and Other Collections; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I: Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries, Part 5: Butler Family Collections; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series M: Selections from the Virginia Historical Society, Part 1: Tayloe Family, 1650-1970; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series M: Selections from the Virginia Historical Society, Part 2: Northern Neck of Virginia; also Maryland; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series M: Selections from the Virginia Historical Society, Part 3: Other Tidewater Virginia; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series M: Selections from the Virginia Historical Society, Part 4: Central Piedmont Virginia; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series M: Selections from the Virginia Historical Society, Part 5: Southside Virginia; Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series M: Selections from the Virginia Historical Society, Part 6: Northern Virginia and Valley; Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B: Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries, Part 1: Louisiana Sugar Plantations; Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B: Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries, Part 2: Louisiana Cotton Plantations; Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B: Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries, Part 3: Louisiana Sugar Plantations (Bayou Lafourche and Bayou Teche); Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B: Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries, Part 4: Mississippi Cotton Plantations; Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B: Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries, Part 5: Albert A. Batchelor Papers; Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B: Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries, Part 6: Weeks Family Papers; Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series C: Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Part 1: Hammond Family Papers; and Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series C: Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Part 2: Selected Collections. Part of ProQuest History Vault.

Digitized from the following microfilm collections: Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library, Part 1: Virginia Plantations -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library, Part 2: Virginia Plantations -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library, Part 3: Virginia Plantations -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library, Part 4: Cocke Family Papers -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library, Part 5: Ambler Family Papers -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series E: Selections from the University of Virginia Library, Part 6: Virginia Plantations -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series F: Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library, Part 1: The Deep South -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series F: Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library, Part 2: South Carolina and Georgia -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series F: Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library, Part 3: North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series F: Selections from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Part 4: North Carolina and Virginia -- Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series F: Selections from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Part 5: William Patterson Smith Collection -- Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series A: Selections from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Part 1: Alabama and South Carolina Plantations -- Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series A: Selections from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Part 2: North Carolina and Virginia Plantations -- Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series A: Selections from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Part 3: Georgia and Florida Plantations. An archival collection digitized from fourteen already-held microfilm sets: Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series E, Parts 1-6, all focusing on Virginia plantations, with several series comprising the records of specific families. Records created between the mid sixteenth century and the late twentieth century, with records from the years 1750-1900 composing the bulk. Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series F, Parts 1-5, contain records from plantations in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Connecticut. Records span the years 1765-1900. Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series A, Parts 1-3, comprise post-Civil War records from plantations in Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. Records from the years 1865-1910 compose the bulk. Part of ProQuest History Vault.

Shipping manifests from nearly 35,000 individual slaving expeditions between 1514 and 1866.

Almost 9,000 poems by 62 African American poets of the twentieth century.