AAs 201
- Getting Started
- FINDING DATABASES RELATED AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
- General Databases With African American Content
- African American Journals & Magizines
- Race and Sports
- NAACP Leadership
- Black Music
- Black Lives Matter
Library Contact
Jennifer Nason
Contact:
Hatcher Graduate Library, Room 209
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
Website
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES DATABASES
To find DATABASES you start with LIBRARY SEARCH

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Black Studies CenterCross-searchable gateway to historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself.
The HistoryMakers Digital Archive is an easy-to-use online database of thousands of African Americans from a broad range of backgrounds.
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African American Newspapers, 1827-1998African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers from 35 states.
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Black Historical NewspapersProvides full-text access to the complete backfiles of nine major African American community newspapers.
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Black Studies in VideoDocumentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage covering history, politics,sociology, art and culture.
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FBI File: Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.The 44,000-page case file of the FBI documents the bureau's role in finding James Earl Ray and obtaining his conviction.
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