​Here are institutions and archival resources in California where Africana history, culture, and archival research are documented and made available for scholars, students, genealogists, and the public:​

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• Africana Studies Collection, San Diego State University Library

• African American Center, San Francisco Public Library

• African American History Resources, University of San Francisco, Gleason Library/Geschke Center

• African American Museum and Library at Oakland

• African American Research & Collections, Sacramento State Univerity Library

• African American Studies Librarians Interest Group(AASLIG): African American Archives, Association of College and Research Libraries

• African American Studies in Library Special Collections, UCLA Library

• Allensworth Collection, American Baptist Historical Society

• Autry Museum of the American West, Collections

• Black History at Cal, UC Berkeley Library

• Black History Databases, Cal State LA University Library

• Black Power Archives - Oral History Project, Tom & Ethel Bradley Center at the California State University, Northridge Libraries

• Black Resource Center, Los Angeles County Library

• California African American historical photos collection, UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

• California African American Museum (CAAM), Los Angeles

• California Afro-American Oral History Project transcripts, 1967-1979, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

• California Historical Society Collection at Stanford, Stanford University Libraries

• California Oral History Program, California State Archives

• California Room - Local History Collection, San José State University Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

• California State Archives

• Calisphere - California Digital Library, Universty  of California Libraries

• Cal Poly MultiCultural Center - Digital Archives

• Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections

• Community Histories: The Black History Collection, Pasadena Museum of History

• Digital Archives - California State University 

• Digital Collections - African American History, California State University, Dominguez Hills University Library

• Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Inc. Collection, Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries

• Fresno State Library, Special Collections

• Getty Research Institute African American Art History Initiative Oral Histories, 2018-2024, Getty Research Collections

• Historical Research Center, CSU Bakersfield

• The HistoryMakers (Oral Histories featuring Black California)​

• The Huntington, Licrary Collections

• Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles

• National Archives at San Francisco, San Bruno

• National Park Service (NPS) Archival Collections 

  • Golden Gate National Recreation Area

  • Point Reyes National Seashore Archives

  • San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

  • Sequoia and Kings Canyons National Parks

  • Yosemite Archives

• NPS History Electronic Library & Archive

• Orange County Research - The Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton

• ​The Online Archive of California - California Digital Library, Universty  of California Libraries

• Primary Sources - Black Studies and Culture, California State University, Northridge Special Collections and Archives

• Riverside African American Historical Society

• Sacramento Public Library

• San Francisco African American Historical Cultural Society

• SJSU Special Collections & Archives, San José State University (SJSU) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

  • Dr. Harry Edwards Collection, SJSU Library​

• Special Collections, Los Angeles Public Library

• Special Collections & Manuscripts, UC Riverside Library

• UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections

• UC Santa Cruz University Library, Archives and Special Collections

• Newspapers & Community Press as Archival Sources:​

  • Digitized Black California Newspapers, Chronicling America, Library of Congress​​​