đź—„African American History
đź“‚ The Early Republic
In Pursuit of Freedom: A Gradual Emancipation, 1783-1827
In Pursuit of Freedom is a multifaceted public history initiative that explores the everyday heroes of Brooklyn’s anti-slavery movement.
đź“‚ Personal Papers
Frederick Douglass Papers (Library of Congress)
The papers of nineteenth-century African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
đź“‚ The Civil Rights Movement
Organizations of the Civil Rights Movement Primary Sources
Original documents and materials created or distributed by Freedom Movement organizations during 1951-1968
A variety of primary sources from the 1950s and 1960s related to politics, organizations, people, and other significant aspects of the Civil Rights Movement.
đź“‚ Racial Violence
From the website: Coroners’ inquests are some of the richest records we have of life and death in the nineteenth century South. As mortals, we all die, but we do not die equally. Race, place, gender, profession, behavior, and good and bad luck play large roles in determining how we go out of the world. Collecting extant coroners' inquests for the state of South Carolina between 1800 and 1900, "CSI: Dixie" provides rare glimpses into Victorian-era suicide, homicide, infanticide, abortion, child abuse, spousal abuse, master-slave murder, and slave on slave violence.
Comprehensive list of monographs, scholarly journal articles, and popular publications exploring the topic of lynching.
Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror
đź“‚ The 21st Century
Hurricane Katrina
Aftermath of Katrina: A Time of Environmental Racism
An ARC GIS story map exploring how structural racism affected New Orleans’ community of color during and after Hurricane Katrina. The web site offers an excellent general overview of the storm, its impact in the weeks following the hurricane, and the Bush administration’s failed response to one of the deadliest weather events in American history.