Black History in the United States: Primary Sources

The AFRO-American Almanac covers the history of African Americans from the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement to the present. Find information about African American culture through a variety of resources, including trivia games, folktales, biographies, historical documents, historical events, commentaries, poems, and speeches.

The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.

A diverse range of primary source material is showcased in this collection that focuses on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas.

The Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the African American experience, and highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media.