Research Guides: Black Studies

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Black Studies Web Resources

These are suggestions only and do not reflect the full range of materials that may be useful to you. For additional assistance, Ask Steely Library!

African American Culture
Recommended Internet resources from the College and Research Libraries division of the America Library Association.
Civil Rights Movement
From Best of History Web Sites, which "contains links to over 1200 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness. ... Sites with engaging educational content and stimulating and useful multimedia technologies are most likely to be included in these pages. However, useful general resources and research-oriented sites have been included as well."
Historical African American Newspapers Available Online
From Marist College's James A. Cannavino Library, "a list of historical African American Newspapers available online as part of digitization projects at libraries and historical societies as well as digitization projects done by Google ... Each newspaper's webpage provides specific information about what content they have available online, though every effort has been made in this guide to make clear what is available online."
Kenton County Public Library: Genealogy & Kentucky History
Note among resources "American Slave Narratives" and "Kentucky African American Encyclopedia Project."
Kentucky's Underground Railroad
Materials supporting Kentucky Educational Television's documentary, Kentucky’s Underground Railroad: Passage to Freedom.
Ohio History: The Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society
View content online by clicking on "Ohio History Online Archive," then search by keyword, or choose "Index," then the letter of your subject (such as "A" for "African Americans").
The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
From The Ohio Historical Society, "This digital collection illuminates specific moments in the history of Ohio's African-Americans and provides an overview of their experiences during the time period 1850 to 1920 in the words of the people that lived them."
Cincinnati Historical Society Library
Note the "Digital Journals" feature, which allows keyword searching.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati
The Freedom Center has an educator’s resource tab and a digital archives page.
Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
"Introduces travelers, researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in African American history to the fascinating people and places associated with the Underground Railroad."
African American Perspectives
Videos to purchase (or to request that Steely Library order), from California Newsreel, "the oldest non-profit, social issue documentary film distribution center in the country and a leading resource for the advancement of racial and social justice."

The Black Studies Research Guide is maintained by Allen Ellis. Suggestions and comments are welcome.