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Black History Month: Newspapers

Library resources to support research and inquiry into African-American history, culture, and experience.

Newspapers full text

These newspapers all have coverage for U.S. history. Some include slavery times, the U.S. Civl War, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, modern civil rights and beyond.

Newspaper databases

Chicago Defender
Historic African-American newspaper for 1909-1975 for primary coverage of civil rights movement and more.

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New York Times (Historical)
Article and page images of every issue of the New York Times newspaper from 1851 through 2014.

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New Orleans Times-Picayune 1837-1988
Locate articles in the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper by word or date for 1837 through 1988.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers- African American Newspapers
Coverage 1865 through 1922 (varies by title).

Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers
Search America's historic newspapers pages from 1860-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Includes Louisiana papers.

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HarpWeek
Browsable and searchable full text and images of the magazine Harper's Weekly for 1857 through 1877.

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Subjects: African and African American Studies, Exhibits and Events, History