E-resource Highlight: Black History Month

For Black History Month, spend time getting to know some of our digital resources devoted to African American history and genealogy research.

African-American History Online

Search for specific topics, events, or people in African American history to get primary sources, images, videos and more. Browse popular topics and eras to get overviews and see related content and suggested research ideas.

• Search for Tuskegee Airmen and check out the video results.
• Can you find a biography entry of Ralph Ellison?
• What about a timeline of the abolitionist movement?
• Check out this 4 minute overview video for a quick tour.

African American Newspapers (1827-1998)

Chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience, this database features 282 newspapers from 35 states published for or by African Americans, including many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.

• Search for “Shirley Chisholm” to read about the first African-American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
• ​Use the Browse Publications function to see what newspapers are included in this database. Explore issues of the Langston City Herald, the first weekly African American newspaper in Oklahoma Territory.

Hoopla and Kanopy

Browse Hoopla’s African-American Voices audiobook and ebook collections or check out Hoopla’s downloadable marketing materials for Black History Month here.

On Kanopy, watch I Am Not Your Negro, Moonlight, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power and many other African-American films and documentaries.