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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.