Southern Memory: Lynching in Alabama

Newspapers.com Library Edition offers full page newspaper images with searchable full-text of newspapers. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to both full runs and portions of runs of newspapers.

This database offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century (The New York Times, The Atlanta Constitution, The Wall Street Journal, etc.)

This collection includes the full text of historically significant African American newspapers, published in 36 states.

Access requires on-campus authentication.

Major African American newspapers from the 19th century

Black Studies Center supports research, teaching, and learning in Black Studies and other disciplines that benefit from a more detailed coverage of the black experience such as history, literature, political science, sociology, philosophy, and religion. The Black Studies Center offers a collection of primary and secondary sources that record and illuminate the Black experience, from ancient Africa through modern times.

This database provides access to periodicals by and about African Americans. Representing 26 states, the publications offer a range of material, including academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations’ bulletins, annual reports and other genres.

Access requires on-campus authentication.

Reports, annuals, magazines, and newspapers from African-American churches and social service agencies. Includes materials from the African Methodist Zion Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as many Baptist churches, seminaries, hospitals, charities, orphanages, schools, and advocacy groups.

Primary source material from 18th and 19th Century periodicals - includes African American newspapers and more.

19th century papers in various geographic areas.

Worldcat is great for finding books and other sources. Included in that are newspapers that we may not own or have digitized. You can search for a specific title and then request it on microfilm through interlibrary loan.

The Center for Research Libraries is a vast collection of sources. Included are books, government documents, dissertations & theses, and a large amount of newspapers. Like Worldcat, you can access CRL materials through interlibrary loan.

Gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.

A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.

A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.

The HistoryMakers Digital Archive provides primary source resources through video content, fully searchable transcripts, and oral histories from individuals whose life stories bring African American history to life. Areas of interest include business, education, entertainment, military life, music, politics, religion, science, sports and much more.