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Black Studies: Web
Resources

A guide to resources relevant to Black Studies worldwide.

Libraries

African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

African Studies Library

Amistad Research Center

Centre of African Studies Library

Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center

John Henrick Clarke Africana Library

John Hope Franklin Research Center

Library of Congress. African & Middle East Division

Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library)

Black Film

Black Film Research

The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s

History

Images

ARTStor
A digital library of images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images.
Partial funding was provided by the Student Fee Capital Improvement Committee.

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Maximum Users: Unlimited

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User's Guide: https://support.artstor.org/Images-Objects

Black Archives of Mid-America Digital Collection Images
Google Arts & Culture
Google Images
Joana Choumali

Museums

African American Civil War Museum
DC

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Alabama

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Detroit

DuSable Museum of African American History
Chicago

International Civil Rights Center & Museum
Greensboro, N.C.

Museum of African American History
Boston and Nantucket, Mass.

Museum of the African Diaspora
San Francisco

National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis

National Museum of African American History and Culture
DC

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and American Jazz Museum
Kansas City, Mo.

Oran's Black Museum
LA, CA

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
Baltimore

Newspapers

African American Newspapers Accessible Archives

African American Newspapers in Missouri

Black Newspapers

Chronicling America

National Newspapers Publishers Association

Memorials and Monuments

Adam Clayton Powell — Harlem, NY

Buffalo Soldiers Memorial -- Fort Leavenworth, KS

Crispus Attucks — Boston, MA

George Washington Carver — Newton County, MO

Harriet Tubman — Harlem, NY

Joe Louis — Detroit, MI

Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center — Harlem, NY

Martin Luther King Memorial — Washington, D.C.

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial -- Washington, D.C.

Medgar Evers — Jackson, MS

Tupac Shakur — Stone Mountain, GA

W.E.B. Dubois — Accra, Ghana

Black Owned Businesses

BE 100s: Nation's Most Successful Black-Owned Businesses

Black Business Grants

Black Business List

Black Business Network

Black Business Opportunities

Black Demographics--Black Owned Businesses

Black Owned Business Network

Black Owned Businesses in Missouri