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AAS 2540 African American Studies
to accompany Dr. Bayyinah Jeffries African American Studies class 2450 on the History of Injustice. Specific focus on the final assignment.
Major Newspapers- Current and Historical
What role did media play? Discuss and show media depictions of case i.e. How was the case covered in the media (media bias)? Look at commentary, headlines, images etc (use may do this using separate slides for each case).
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Newspapers (*mainstream African American owned and operated newspapers)
- Major US Newspapers
- Boston Globe (1872-1960) (1960-1981)
- *Chicago Defender Weekly ed. : (1909-1921) (1921-1967) (1968-1973) (1973-1975) Daily ed.: (1956-1960) (1960-1973)
- Chicago Tribune (1849-1858) (1858-1859) (1859-1860) (1860-1864) (1864-1872) (1872-1963) (1963-1989)
- Los Angeles Times (1881-1886) (1886-1988)
- New York Times (1851-1857) (1857-3 yrs ago)
- *Pittsburgh Courier (1911-1950) (1950-1954) (1955-1966) (1981-2002)
- Washington Post (1877-1954) (1954-1959) (1959-1973) (1974-1995)
- Major US Newspapers (post 1980 articles)
- Major US Newspapers
Weaver, Warren Jr. (October 13, 1977). Justices hear bakke arguments but give little hint on decision. New York Times.Retrieved from https://proxy.library.ohio.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.ohio.edu/docview/123103960?accountid=12954
Newspapers - Mainstream and Local
Newspaper article databases (non-mainstream)
The following Newspaper Article Databases compile many newspapers into one place. It's a great way to get the perspective of a particular state, region, as well as gathering a lot of information from many sources.
- Americas Newspapers - use this database if you TIMELINE is post-1995.
- Narrow by State
- Narrow by Year
- Lexis (Nexis Uni) - use this database if your TIMELINE is post-1980
Historical Newspapers
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Nineteenth Century U.S. NewspapersSearchable database containing digital facsimile images of newspapers; presented as full page layout as well as single articles; advertisements and illustrations included. This collection includes numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.; and it encompasses the entire 19th century.
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African American NewspapersThis database lets you search across different African American newspapers published in the United States.
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Access Newspaper ArchiveContains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s.