Primary Resources for African American Studies (HIS 221, 222, 223)

National / Public Libraries

• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Images of African-American Slavery and Freedom From the Collections of the Library of Congress (includes illustrations)
• Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War: A List of Images in the Civil War Photograph Collection (includes illustrations)
• Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination: Documentation by Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Photographers (includes illustrations)
• Images of 20th Century African American Activists: A Select List (includes illustrations)
• The Civil Rights Era in the U.S. News and World Report Collection: A Select List
• North Carolina Civil War Image Portfolio

  This collection, from the University of North Carolina, presents images from woodcuts, engravings, lithographs, and photographs--most of these were made by people accompanying Union forces, or were made from sketches and other information they provided

• NYPL Digital Collections

  Provides access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

• Pictures of African Americans During World War II

  Includes over 250 photographs illustrating African American participation in World War II. From the National Archives and Records Administration

• Take Stock - Images of Change

  Photographs taken during the Civil Rights movement, categorized according to major events.

• Through the Lens of Time

  Includes over 250 digital images of African Americans dating from the 19th and early 20th century, selected from the George and Huestis Cook Photograph Collection at the Valentine Richmond History Center. The Cook Collection consists of over 10,000 negatives taken from the 1860s to the 1930s in Virginia and the Carolinas.

University Archive Collections

• Cornell University - Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
• Emory University - Robert Lanmuir African American Photographs Collection
• Johnson C. Smith University - Digital Smith
• The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record

  Compiled by the University of Virginia, this collection includes 1,280 images from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery.