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Martin Luther King Jr. with fellow civil rights activists at the Lincoln Memorial

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality

This curated selection of primary sources is designed for teaching and learning about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans. Developed with input from Black history scholars and advisors, its easily discoverable materials are ideal for assignments and special projects focused on U.S. Black history.

Stone carving of the bust of a man in a wall

Films On Demand

Need to review algebra? Trying to understand the First Amendment? Want to learn about African art? Check out Films on Demand, a database with thousands of videos on subjects you may be studying now or curious about exploring.

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Online Services

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North American Women's Letters and Diaries

What was life like for ordinary women in the past? What did they wear, eat, read, work, pray, and amuse themselves? What did they record about Bleeding Kansas in the 1850s, travelling the Oregon Trail, polygamous marriage, alcoholism and prohibition laws, or a black school girl’s life in the 1930s? Explore the personal interests and reflections of over 1300 women as shared with friends and families through letters or jotted down in their private diaries.

ICPSR: 60 years of groovy data

ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)

Need data sets? We’re a member of ICPSR, a huge archive of political and social research data. You can search for and download data collections in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and many other fields. The ICPSR YouTube Channel has webinars and tutorials on how to use ICPSR to find data, analyze data online, and using ICPSR data with SPSS, SAS, and Stata. ICPSR sponsors an undergraduate and graduate student research paper contest and has resources for instructors who want to use ICPSR to teach about using data, too.

Literary Print Culture

The Stationers’ Company Archive is one of the most important resources for understanding the workings of the early book trade, the printing and publishing community, the establishment of legal requirements for copyright provisions and the history of bookbinding. Explore extremely rare documents dating from 1554 to the 21st century in this invaluable resource of research material for historians and literary scholars.
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