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From the Library of Congress, Study of Black History and Culture

The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, explores black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century.

Links to several "collections in Ohio based on the subject of African Americans in Ohio." Includes the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center; the African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920; the Siebert Collection on the Underground Railroad; and more.

Dedicated to providing the inquisitive public with comprehensive, reliable, and accurate information concerning the history of African Americans in the United States and people of African ancestry in other regions of the world.

Features a collection of unedited news film from the WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany, Ga.) television archives held by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia Libraries

Start with Activism Exhibit

Great for images, video as well as primary documents.

The Vault is our new FOIA Library, containing 6,700 documents and other media that have been scanned from paper into digital copies so you can read them in the comfort of your home or office.

Historical Census Statistics On Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For Large Cities And Other Urban Places In The United States

Redlining maps for Ohio

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, and more.

Columbia University project featuring interactive maps of African-American sites in New York City.

National Archives and Records Association, particular study of AAS.

The Negro Motorist Green Book was a travel guide that listed lodgings, tailors and other businesses that welcomed black patrons during Jim Crow. The guide, which was launched in 1936 and published for nearly 30 years.

Pictures scanned from old books and photo collections.

Search for "African Americans" and locate the various resources available about African Americans and Ohio.

Large-scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867 to 1970. Useful for for local historians to locate and identify buildings and neighborhoods, for urban historians to study the growth of towns and cities, and for environmentalists concerned about impact of new developments.

Digital collections from the Schomburg Center