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Category: Black Studies

Qwest TV

Qwest TV EDU Qwest TV provides access to a vast and growing archive of Black music and global sounds through live performances, documentaries, and interviews spanning diverse musical genres, from around the world. This extensive collection serves as a rich resource for academic exploration, offering rare recordings, historical footage, and expert commentary that shed light

Southern Life and African American History, 1775–1915, Plantation Records, parts 3 and 4

In addition to parts 1 and 2, Northwestern University Libraries now have access to parts 3 and 4 of Southern Life and African American History, 1775–1915, Plantation Records. ProQuest History Vault: Southern Life and African American History, 1775–1915, Plantation Records, Part 3 Part 3 consists of collections selected from the holdings of the Southern Historical

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Kansas City Call

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Kansas City Call The Kansas City Call is a Black weekly newspaper founded in 1919 to provide leadership for the Black community. It quickly became one of the most successful Black newspapers in the U.S. covering civil rights issues and fighting segregation, discrimination, and other important issues of the African American community.

Colonial Caribbean: Module 3, Economic Change and Indentured Labour, 1850-1870

Colonial Caribbean: Module 3, Economic Change and Indentured Labour, 1850-1870 In addition to modules 1 and 2, Northwestern University Libraries now have access to Module 3: Economic Change and Indentured Labour, 1850-1870 of Colonial Caribbean: Colonial Office files for the Caribbean. Module 3 of Colonial Caribbean covers the period 1850-1870 and charts the economic decline

Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements

Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements Covering primarily the 1950s and 1960s, Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements provides access to primary source documents that focus on how ordinary citizens in the smaller communities viewed, participated in and lived through this historical era. When completed in 2025, the collection will include

New title and additional content for ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Northwestern University Libraries now have access to the following new and additional content of African American historical newspapers. Louisville Defender – 1951-2010 Baltimore Afro-American – additional content 1989-2010 (full coverage 1893-2010) Cleveland Call and Post – additional content 1992-2010 (full coverage 1934-2010) Los Angeles Sentinel – additional content 2006-2010 (full coverage 1934-2010) New York Amsterdam

Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City

Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City is dedicated to advancing our collective knowledge about how race and ethnicity shape our cities and neighborhoods and inform our urban experiences on a global scale, and, in turn, how urbanization contributes to the social construction of race and ethnicity. –

Colonial Caribbean: Settlement, Slavery, and Empire, 1624-1832

Colonial Caribbean: Settlement, Slavery, and Empire, 1624-1832 The first module of Colonial Caribbean documents the history of British colonies throughout the Caribbean from early settlement to the eve of the Slavery Abolition Act passed in 1833.   This module features volumes from The National Archives, UK sourced from 26 different Colonial Office (CO) series (sometimes referred