English 648: American Literature 1915-Present (African American Literature): Web Resources

DIGITAL COLLECTIONS: The Frederick Douglass Papers; Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s; Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938; From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909; Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860.

Colonization: Liberia; Personal Stories and ACS New Directions
Abolition:Influence of Prominent Abolitionists; Conflict of Abolition and Slavery
Migration: Western Migration and Homesteading; Nicodemus, Kansas; Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration
WPA: Cavalcade of the American Negro; Authors and the Federal Writers' Project; Ex-slave Narratives

America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in U.S. history courses.

Your guide to African-American history and culture.

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

University of Pennsylvania's Research Guide to historical newspaper available online

The AFRO-American Newspapers, on conjunction with Google, are proud to present an extensive collection of digitally archived issues spanning over 100 years of history