As we commemorate Black History Month, the MTSU Library has curated a list of available library databases about the African American experience, historical documents, poetry, slavery, social justice, and black magazine archives. This list offers a sample of resources available to the MTSU community.
Database Highlights for Black History Month
- African American Historical Serials Collection
- African American Poetry
- Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830-1865
- Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century
- Ebony Magazine Archive, 1945-2014
- NAACP Papers
- Slavery and Abolition, 1789-1887
- Slavery and the Law (1775-1867)
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
- Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice
- Southern Life and African American History, 1775-1915, Plantation Records, Part 1
- Southern Life and African American History, 1775-1915, Plantation Records, Part 2
- Twentieth-Century African American Poetry
For additional resources, please see the links below:
You can also search the library catalog for individual books.
Images discovered and accessed through our JSTOR subscription. From L to R:
- William P. Gottlieb, American, & 1917 - 2006. (c. 1947 (Printed 2010)). Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie [Inkjet print. Printed by Theo Anderson, 2010]. Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. For more information, contact us at LUAG@Lehigh.edu. https://jstor.org/stable/community.30192889
- Fisk University News; Jubilee singers number; After forty years; 1871-1911, cover. (Issued: 1911). https://jstor.org/stable/community.31815102
- Danny Lyon, American, & b. 1942. (1963 (Printed later)). John Lewis in Nashville [Gelatin silver print]. Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. For more information, contact us at LUAG@Lehigh.edu. Lehigh University Art Galleries Permanent Collection. Lehigh University Art Galleries. https://jstor.org/stable/community.28280538