Black Culture and History

 

Local Events & Exhibits

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Local Interest & Places to Visit

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Genealogy

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History - Local Resources

  • Black Studies Program - University of Missouri
    Dedicated to “teaching & research of the World Black Experience” through courses, events and programs.
  • Columbia Convention & Visitor’s Bureau
    Short descriptions of the civil war letters of Lewis Riley located in the Western Historical Manuscript collection, the section of the Columbia Cemetery where soldiers from Missouri’s 62nd US Colored Regiment are interred and a photograph of “the home of Ragtime” where J.W. Blind Boone lived.
  • Lloyd L. Gaines Digital Collection – MU Law Library
    Lloyd Lionel Gaines was denied admission to the University School of Law in 1936 based on state law. In 1938 Gaines and the NAACP won his case overturning the University’s admission policy. His case was the first of others that led to Brown vs. the Board of Education, which outlawed segregation in public education.
  • State Historical Society Black Community Photographs Collection
    Photographs from 1958-1963 depicting black businesses and communities in Columbia.

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History - State Resources

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History - National Resources

  • A&E Biography Channel
    Featured biographies, places and events plus an interactive Black History timeline and information on upcoming programming on the A&E Biography channel.
  • Biographies - National Archive ARC Collection
    Click on digital copies search to find online documents and texts about famous and notable African Americans in the National Archives.
  • Documenting the American South
    “Internet access to texts, images and audio files related to southern history, literature and culture” from the library collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • History Channel
    Black history interactive timeline, black history milestones, profiles of 65 African-American icons and information on upcoming programming on the History channel.
  • Library of Congress
  • NAACP Records
    Since 1964, the Library of Congress has served as the official repository of NAACP records, the “cornerstone of Library’s unparalleled resources for the study of the Civil Rights Movement.”
  • Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer’s Project

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People

  • Frederick Douglass
    Resource guide to online documents about Frederick Douglass at the Library of Congress and other websites plus a selected bibliography.
  • W.E.B. Du Bois
    Resource guide to online documents about W.E.B. Du Bois at the Library of Congress and other websites plus a selected bibliography.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Rosa Parks
    Resource guide to online documents about Rosa Parks at the Library of Congress and other websites plus a selected bibliography.
  • Harriet Tubman
    • Library of Congress Resource Guide
      Resource guide to online documents about Harriet Tubman at the Library of Congress and other websites plus a selected bibliography.
    • Harriet Tubman Home
      Information on Harriet Tubman’s home and church with a short biography of her life and links to related sites on New York History Net, a site devoted to New York history.
  • Booker T. Washington
    Resource guide to online documents about Booker T. Washington at the Library of Congress and other websites plus a selected bibliography for adult and younger readers.

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Topics of Interest

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Databases

  • African-American History Online
    Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history.
  • Biography Resource Center
    Do a name search to find biographical information on a huge range of people or browse categories such as African Americans.
  • Heritage Quest
    Search the US census 1790-1930, selected Revolutionary War records, a variety of local and family histories plus articles of interest to genealogy researchers.
  • NewsBank
    Special reports on the U.S. Presidency, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and celebrating Black History Month.
  • SIRS
    Leading Issues section includes information on civil rights and racial profiling.

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