• African-American Poetry – poetry from 1750-1900
• American Slavery: A composite Autobiography – Life stories of former slaves
• Annals of American History – primary documents from 1493 to the present
• Biography Resource Center – articles from 83 Gale reference sources and 250 journals
• Gale Virtual Reference Library – reference books on this database include The African American Almanac and the Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
• Masterfile – keyword search for magazine articles
• Netlibrary – keyword search for terms such as “African Americans” or “civil rights” to access whole books electronically

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Internet Sites

• The African American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.
• African American Studies Web Guide - from the University of Chicago
• Black History Month - from Information Please
• MedlinePlus African-American Health - from the National Library of Medicine and NIH
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - from the New York Public Library
• AT&T Knowledge Network: Black History Hotlist

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