We’re excited to draw attention to some of our unique and inspiring databases featuring Black scholarship, arts, and heritage.
Black Thought and Culture
Offers an explosive 100,000 pages worth of engaging readings in non-fiction by and about Black leaders drawn from across a range of disciplines and eras. For instance, there’s the ever astute Michael Eric Dyson on Marvin Gaye: “Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves, and Demons of Marvin Gaye” along with, in its entirety, Cornel West’s Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America.
Black Studies in Video
Brings together an abundance of archival footage, making much of it available for the first time in digital format. There’s the full-length documentary on journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period: Ida B. Wells: A Passion For Justice along with the brief yet sensational 1972 conversation on Black power: Angela Davis: Interview from Jail.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender
An ideal resource for those interested in a deep, specific locale-oriented dive. Includes the full content of one of the nation’s most important Black newspapers, covering the years 1909-2010.
To link to articles, ebooks, and articles see Linking to Library Resources. To link to content in Black Culture and Thought and Black Studies in Video, see instructions for Alexander Street resources.
These and many more databases are gathered together on our Databases A to Z: African-American Studies page. Check them out!