(Also see Africana Studies Primary Sources)
From the U.S. Department of Education
Illustrates that Civil Rights is not a historical phenomenon but an ongoing issue in the United States.
In history and the humanities a primary source is a item produced from the time you are researching. Examples include a photograph, a letter, a newspaper article, and government documents. Looking at actual sources from a specific time helps you get a firsthand account of what was happening then.
These resources will help you locate relevant primary sources. (See Primary Source Research for more guidance.)
Archives of searchable historical primary source materials. Note: This content has moved to the History Commons platform, but still contains the Accessible Archives collections subscribed to by Rowan University.
Digital collection of historical documents from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history.