LibGuides: AMST/HIST-209 African-American History (Marston): Resources from the Trinity Library

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Best Bets--Article Databases

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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive multidisciplinary collection of journals. Searchable cited references for more than 1,050 titles. Coverage from 1975 or earlier in some cases.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of past issues of scholarly journals from all areas of study. Includes full runs of covered journals, excluding content from the past 2-5 years. Includes full runs of covered journals. NOTE: Internet Explorer is no longer supported by JSTOR. See 'More Info' re: browser troubleshooting.
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Diversity Collection This link opens in a new window
Al-Press Watch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch combined in one collection.
Ethnic newswatch contains news, magazines, journals, and newsletters from ethnic, minority, and native presses as well as many journals concerned with issues of race and ethnicity.Alt-PressWatch presents big stories from small sources including unique, independent voices from respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals covering the arts and all viewpoints across the GenderWatch includes journals, news and newsletters featuring many important publications that have historically initiated and sustained social movements around gender and sexual identity.

Primary Sources

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African American Periodicals 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
Features more than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations bulletins, annual reports and other genres.
ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Collection of Historic Black Newspapers: Atlanta Daily World, Baltimore Afro-American, Chicago Defender, Cleveland Call and Post, Los Angeles Sentinel, Louisville Defender, Michigan Chronicle, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier.
You may search 1 or more newspapers at a time
Jet Magazine Archives This link opens in a new window
Covers art, news, politics and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes over 3,100 issues providing a broad view of culture, fashion and entertainment from its first issue in 1951 through 2014.
Archive is not yet complete.
Black Life in America (Series 1-3) This link opens in a new window
Experience and impact of African-Americans as recorded by the news media,1704 to today.
Atlanta Constitution Historic Newspaper This link opens in a new window
Major southern newspaper with coverage from 1868-1984.
Times-Picayune This link opens in a new window
Archive of this important Louisiana newspaper.
Coverage: 1923-2002
Chicago Tribune (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Historic archive of this major newspaper from 1849-2013. Updates yearly.
Hartford Courant Historical This link opens in a new window
A primary resource for news information in Connecticut's capital city, the state of Connecticut, and beyond. Covers 1764-1991.
Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window
Archives of this major newspaper.
Coverage: 1881-2014 with yearly updates.
New York Times Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
Offers full-page and article images of every page, covering 1851-4 years ago. Content is added every year.
Boston Globe (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Archive of the Boston Globe
Coverage: 1872-1991
Washington Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Complete archive from 1877-2006 with yearly updates
News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (featuring Newsweek) This link opens in a new window
An archival collection comprising the backfiles of 15 major magazines (including the Newsweek archive), spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy. Coverage from 1918-2015 (varies by title).