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Oxford African American Studies Center
Bringing together the authority of Oxford reference sources and the work of over 4000 international scholars, this grand collection features:

• Articles (e.g. Pan African Congress of 1919; Garrisonian Abolitionists)
• Primary sources (Sharecropping Contract from 1882)
• Images, maps, and charts & tables (e.g. Negro Leagues 1920-1960) 
• Biographies (e.g. Vivien Theodore Thomas, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon)

Precise search and browse capabilities allow you to refine results by specific eras and subject categories.

Black Studies Center
Comprising historical and current material culled from the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text, The Chicago Defender historical backfile (1909-1975), and Black Literature Index (1827-1940), this fully cross-searchable gateway includes: 

• Scholarly essays (e.g. Afro-Latinos; African Americans and High Performance Athletics)
• Periodical articles (e.g. 128 articles on Olaudah Equiano who wrote the first substantial slave narrative)
• Historical newspaper articles (e.g. "World Acclaims Jack Johnson King of Prize Fighters" Chicago Defender, Jul 04, 1914)
• Images, video clips (e.g. Tuskegee Airmen, drawing of newly freed slaves in Barbados 1833)  

Access to this resource is possible from off campus. Click on Connect from Home for details.