This subject guide is a reflection of the library resources about African American History available through the Swisher Library.
The library catalog offers a complete listing of the circulating books available.
Newspapers.com This resource provides access to a range of U.S. and international newspapers from 1690 to the present.
Newspapers.com Research Guide- Research strategies and tips for successful searches.
The American Memory Project of the Library of Congress offers a range of valuable primary sources:
WPA Slave former narratives, slavery court documents from 1740-1860, and The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 with 396 pamphlet from various activists. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington.