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Use the resources listed here to help you complete the "Library Assignments for Black History" for Professor Ife Williams's class.
Summon
- Summon This link opens in a new windowSummon enables you to search across Library Services' collection of electronic resources from a single search box.
This search tool will be especially useful when searching for:
- Background information on literary figures or the Harlem Renaissance
- In-depth information and commentary on reparations and eyewitness accounts
Background Information
For definitions and background information, try searching an online reference collection.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowProvides access to hundreds of in-depth subject encyclopedias and handbooks, plus 700+ highly-regarded publication titles
- The Black PastAn online reference resource created and maintained by scholars of African American studies.
Slavery in the United States: Primary Sources
- International Slavery Museum: History of the Slave TradeUse the menu for an overview of various aspects of the transatlantic slave trade and primary resource examples.
- Memorable Days: The Emilie Davis ProjectAn online transcription of the diaries of an African American woman living in Philadelphia during the Civil War.
- Slave Voyages DatabaseCreated by Emory University, Voyages provides access to rich data and interpretation on the global and transatlantic slave trade. Includes maps, timelines, useful essays, and more.
- Virginia Untold: African American NarrativeA collection documenting pre-Civil War life for Black Americans in Virginia. Includes genealogical records includes primary source documents.
- Secession-Era EditorialsNewspaper editorials from around the country written about the Dred Scott case, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and the Nebraska Bill (leading to the creation of the Nebraska and Kansas territories). Choose your topic on the left-hand menu to view newspaper editorials.
Figures of the Harlem Renaissance
- Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new windowSearch for criticism, biographies, overviews and literary analysis.