Archival Research

Conceptual Frameworks & Foundation

• "The history and future of Black Studies, according to 1 founder, poet Sonia Sanchez" (Audio), NPR

• "Black/Africana Studies, Then and Now: Reconstructing a Century of Intellectual Inquiry and Political Engagement, 1915–2015" by James B. Stewart, The Journal of African American History

• "Why Black Studies?" by M. Keith Claybrook, Jr, African American Intellectual History Society

• "Feb. 7, 1926: Carter G. Woodson Launched Negro History Week" by Daryl Michael Scott, Zinn Education Project

• "John Hope Franklin interview" (Video), National Museums Liverpool

• “On Needing Black Studies” by Kathyrn Mariner, Invincible Culture

• "Black Women's Studies: The Interface of Women's Studies and Black Studies" by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, ​Phylon

• Documents from the history of the Institute of the Black World, Alkalimat.org

• eBlack: A 21st Century Challenge eBlack Studies, Alkalimat.org

• “Black Studies in the Third Millennium” by Ronald Bailey, Souls

• “The Evolution Of Africology: An Afrocentric Appraisal” by James Conyers, Journal of Black Studies

• "Africa and the Pan-African History of Black Studies" by Jemima Pierre, Black Agenda Report

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​Databases​​​

• African American Digital Bookshelf, Family Search

• African American Heritage, National Archives (NARA) 

• African American Home Movie Archive

• African American Newspapers, Series 1, 1827-1998, Readex

• African American Studies Digital Collections, ​African American Studies Librarians Interest Group

• The American Mosaic: African American Experience, EBSCO

• ART | Library Deco

• BlackPast.org

• Black Studies Center, ProQuest​

• Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938, Library of Congress (LOC)

• Center for Black Digital Research, Penn State

• Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers, LOC

• Civil Rights Digital Library, Digital Library of Georgia at The University of Georgia Libraries

• Digital Collections, Library of Congress

• Digital Collections, New York Public Library

• Documenting the American South, The University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ​

• Eblack

• Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade

• Freedmen's Bureau Search Portal, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution (NMAAHC)​

• The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Digital Collection

• The HistoryMakers

• JSTOR

• Last Seen: Finding Familiy After Slavery​

• Slave Voyages Database

• Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law, HeinOnline 

• The Transatlantic Slave Trade, National Museums Liverpool

• Umbra Search: African American History

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Geneology

• Web Based Resources, Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

• African American Gateway, Genealogy Center at Fort Wayne and Allen County Resources

• AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

• Ancestry: African American Collection

• Black Family Research: Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies, National Archives

• Find a Grave

• The Historical Marker Database

 

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Museums

• African American Firefighter Museum, Los Angeles, California

• African American Multicultural Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona

• African American Museum, Dallas, Texas

• African American Museum and Library at Oakland, California

• African Museum Casa del Rey Moro Museum, San Diego, California

• Black American West Museum and Heritage Center, Denver, Colorado

• Black Cowboy Museum, Rosenberg, Texas

• Brazos Valley African American Museum, Bryan, Texas

• Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, Houston, Texas

• Calaboose African American History Museum, San Marcos, Texas

• California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California

• Destination Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California

• Dora Nelson African American Art History Museum

• George Washington Carver Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

• George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Austin, Texas

• Great Plains Black History Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

• Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, Texas

• Idaho Black History Museum, Boise, Idaho

• Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum, Austin, Texas

• Kansas African-American Museum, Wichita, Kansas

• Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, Culver City, California

• Museum of African American Art Los Angeles, California

• Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco, California

• National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC)

• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

• Nicodemus Historical Society & Museum

• Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington

• Oran Z's Black Facts and Wax Museum, Los Angeles, California

• Stiles African American Heritage Center, Denver, Colorado

• University Museum/Texas Southern University​

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Online Networks

• Black Information Network

• H-Afro-Am, H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine

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Organizations

• African American Intellectual History Society 

• Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

• The Association of African American Museums (AAAM)

• The Association for the Study of African American Life & History (ASALH)

• Black Women's Studies Association (BWSA)​

• ​National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)

• Sons and Daughters of the Middle Passage

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