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HIST 116/AFST 116 Black Health, Trauma and Resistance

HathiTrust

HathiTrust is a partnership of large, research libraries that have digitized large portions of their collections--it is a good source for primary documents, many of which are in the public domain. Printing is limited but you can view entire documents online. 

Historical African American Newspapers Online (courtesy of Marist College)

This guide was created at Marist College.  Please note that some of the resources may not be accessible to non-Marist students.  However, many of the links are from freely available websites so you may find this guide helpful.

Search the catalog and online databases

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Use the following databases to locate primary materials

Special Collections and Archives

You might want to visit libraries which have collections of manuscripts, papers, organizational records, ephemera or other unpublished materials relating to the people, organizations and agencies involved in the events.  These are often original, one-of-a-kind materials.  Click on the link above for Hofstra University's Special Collections department.

 

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