Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
A selection of primary sources related to critical people and events in African American History.
About this database
A selection of primary sources related to critical people and events in African American History aimed at imbuing the study of Black history with a deeper understanding of the humanity of people who have pursued the quest for freedom, and the significance of movements like Black Lives Matter.
Subjects include:
- slavery and abolitionist movement
- Civil War and reconstruction era
- Jim Crow era from 1878 to the Great Depression
- New Deal and World War II
- Civil Rights and Black Power movements
- contemporary era.
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