NULibraries Collections & Resources
- African American Studies DocumentariesFilms in the Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center. [71pg pdf] 2005
- Digitized CollectionsMaps of Africa
Curtis's North American Indian
Posters from Herskovits Library
Siege and Commune of Paris
Transportation Library Menus
Winterton East African Photos
World War II Poster Collection - Mitchell MultimediaMarjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center houses collection of VHS tapes, laserdiscs, DVDs and spoken word recordings.
- Research Guide: Music LabLearn how to begin using the notation, sequencing, recording and scanning software the Music Lab offers.
Audio
- Alan Lomax Sound Archive OnlineEthnomusicologist Lomax’s archive, begun in 1946, by Association for Cultural Equity.
- Black Gospel Music Restoration ProjectBaylor University's Royce-Darden Collection, Waco, TX.
- David W. Niven Collection of Early Jazz Legends, 1921-1991Open access on Internet Archive.
- Great 78 ProjectInternet Archive collection of 78rpm records.
- Milton & Nelma Fillius Jazz ArchiveInterviews with jazz musicians, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new windowContains Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
- Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsRecordings of spoken word, Blues, Gospel, Jazz & Ragtime.
Photographs & Images
- African American Film MaterialsDeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist U.
- African American Funeral ProgramsDigital Maryland: Enoch Pratt Free Library
- Cover Art ArchivesProject of Internet Archive & MusicBrainz
- Helen Morrison Photographs of Kentucky African AmericansNewberry Library, Chicago, IL
- Holsinger Studio CollectionRufus W. Holsinger Collection at University of Virginia’s Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library of Charlottesville, late 19th C.-WWI.
- Loewentheil Collection of African American PhotographsCornell University Library, NY
- New Old StockVintage, free of copyright restrictions.
- PhotogrammarU.S. Farm Security Admin. & Office of War Information, 1935-1945, Yale University.
- Photo PinCreative Commons photos from Flickr.
- Shades of L.A.Los Angeles Public Library collection
- Views of African American Life in MarylandDigital Maryland: Enoch Pratt Free Library
Guides
- ARTstor BrowseBrowse by Featured Group > Interdisciplinary Topics > African and African-American Studies
- ARTstor guide to African and African-American StudiesHighlights content related to African and African-American experiences, traditions, and cultural heritage, which are documented by images of cultural objects, art works, important events, and key historical figures. Includes search tips. [1 pg. pdf]
- Jazz discography online (TJD-online)General discography of all categories of recorded jazz, from 1896 to today. Covers all categories of jazz and other creative improvised music, including Traditional, Swing, Bop, Modern, Avant-Garde, Fusion, Third Stream, etc. By Tom Lord. West Vancouver, B.C.: Lord Music Reference.
- OAIsterUnion catalog of digital resources from open-archive collections worldwide.
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10 Women Photographers on Instagram
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Slavery and class in the American South: a generation of slave narrative testimony, 1840-1865 by
Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780190935849Publication Date: 2019Study of a generation of slave narrators, more than 60 mid-19th C. narratives reveal how work, family, skills, and connections made for social and economic differences among the enslaved of the South.
Oral Histories
- A.P. Marshall Oral History ArchiveFrom the 1980s in Ypsilanti, MI.
- Amistad Research CenterTulane University
- Baylor University Institute for Oral HistoryOver 5800 interviews, Waco, TX.
- Black Women Oral History Project Interviews, 1976–1981Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
- Bronx African American History ProjectFordham U. (NYC) 2002-2013.
- Columbia Center for Oral HistoryColumbia U. Libraries, NYC.
- CSC Oral History Research Program papers, 1937-1974Chicago State University, IL.
- Fillius Jazz ArchiveHamilton College Jazz Archive, Clinton, NY (YouTube channel)
- Freedom Narratives Testimonies of West Africans from the Era of SlaveryHarriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples at York University.
- Goin' North: Stories from the First Great Migration to PhiladelphiaWest Chester University
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History ProjectVirginia Commonwealth U. & John Tyler Community C. (Chester, VA).
- Historic Fulton Oral History Project"East End of Richmond" from Virginia Commonwealth U.
- HistoryMakers Digital Archive2,691 interviews (as of 6/12/19).
- Howard University Oral History CollectionsMoorland-Spingarn Research Center
- Joel Buchanan Archive of African American Oral HistoryUniversity of Florida
- Krueger-Scott Oral History CollectionNewark, NJ, interviews at Rutgers U. Libraries.
- Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History Social StudiesUniversity of Kentucky
- National Visionary Leadership ProjectInterviews with elders.
- Oral History AssociationList of Centers and Collections.
- Oral History Collections, The King CenterMartin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta, GA
- Ralph J. Bunche Oral Histories Collection on the Civil Rights MovementMoorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, DC.
- Real Black GrandmothersDr. LaShawnDa Pittman’s work on black grandmothers raising their grandchildren.
- Southern Oral History ProgramLouis Round Wilson Special Collections, UNC Chapel Hill.
- UNCG Oral History CollectionsU.North Carolina, Greensboro
- Voices from the Days of SlaveryThose born 1823-860s, American Memory Project.
- Voices from the Southern Civil Rights Movement1950s-1960s radio programs, American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
- Voices of Illinois Oral History PortalUniversity of Illinois Archives
NU Prof. Aymar Jean Christian
His list of Black Web Series, in alphabetical order, 12/1/14.
"Two Queens in a Kitchen," his OpenTV (Beta) series, 2016-.
Web Series
- 12-Steps To RecoveryRomantic comedy by Tony Clomax
- African City, AnSingle women resettled in Accra, Ghana.
- AnacostiaSoap opera created by Anthony Anderson
- Black Folk Don't...Developed by filmmaker Angela Tucker
- The City Hates UsBy Chicagoan & filmmaker Sanicole
- Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black GirlCreated by Issa Rae
- OsirisIndie scifi/thriller by Donnie Leapheart
- The Root (Natural Hair Docu-series)by Austin Dancy of Point Game Media.
- Strolling: Connecting the scattered & untold stories of Black/African diaspora.Short documentary film series created by Cecile Emeke.
- You're So TalentedWritten & created by Samantha Bailey
- ZackTV1 YouTube channelBy Zack Stoner
Podcasts
- Black Girl in Om"all things wellness, self-care & self-love"
- Historically BlackAmerican Public Media & Washington Post
- Institute of Black ImaginationPodcast by Dario Calmese
- Kellye HowardWriter, speaker, actress & comedian.
- PostloudnessShows by women, people of color & queer identified hosts, from Chicago.
- Race and DemocracyCenter for the Study of Race & Democracy, University of Texas at Austin.
- Snap JudgmentHosted by Glenn Washington
- TED TalksVideos from experts on education, business, science, tech & creativity.
- This Week in Black History, Society, and CultureBlack and African Diaspora Forum United (BADFU) at Monmouth University.
Media
- African American Literature digital images databaseFrom the University of Minnesota Libraries.
- African Americans Seen Through the Eyes of the Newsreel CameramanAn Exhibition of films from the Fox Movietone News Collection in the University Libraries Digital Collections, University of South Carolina.
- Afropop WorldwidePeabody award-winning radio program and online magazine dedicated to music from Africa and the African diaspora.
- American Archive of Public BroadcastingCollaboration between the Library of Congress and WGBH.
- American Black JournalOriginally "Colored People's Time," a Detroit television program begun in 1968.
- Amos 'n' Andy radio episodesOne of the most popular and long-running radio programs of all time. 131 Mp3 downloads available from Old World Radio.
- AP ImagesPhoto Archive from Associated Press' spot picture system. Over 3 million U.S. and international photos, from 1826 to present. Almost 200 per day are saved for all time, while others are archived for about one year. Also includes over 60,000 graphics, charts, and timelines.
- Artstor This link opens in a new windowDigital library of over 1.6 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences from around the globe and across time periods. Included are images from international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Register for free with the site to access its full range of services.
- ASALH TVAssociation for the Study of African American Life and History. YouTube channel.
- Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual RecordVirginia Foundation for the Humanities and University of Virginia, copyright 2011.
- Atlas of ReUrbanismBuildings and Blocks in American Cities, by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
- Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow SouthDuke University Libraries
- Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum: A Guide to Multicultural ResourcesAfrican American materials in the Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.
- Black Film Center/ArchiveA reposlitory of films and related materials by and about African Americans.
- Black GroovesMusic review site hosted by the Archives of African American Music & Culture at Indiana University. Reviews of new discs and DVDs, with occasional book or news.
- Black History Mini DocsProduced by Neema Barnette
- Black Journal (1968-1977) (59 episodes)National Educational Television's monthly program presented by Library of Congress and WGBH.
- Black Public MediaOfficial website of the National Black Programming Consortium.
- Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new windowAn Alexander Street Press collection featuring documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of Black culture in the United States. In partnership with California Newsreel, the database provides unique access to their African American Classics collection, and includes films covering history, politics, art and culture, family structure, social and economic pressures, and gender relations.
- Blues PhotographsUniversity of Mississippi Libraries
- Clio Visualizing History"...innovative online history exhibits..."
- Creative Audio ArchiveFrom Experimental Sound Studio to preserve experimental sonic arts and music (i.e. Sun Ra)
- Docuseek2Streaming access to documentary and social issues films and videos.
- Early African American Film: Reconstructing the History of Silent Race Films, 1909-1930Student project at the University of California, Los Angeles.
- EBR African American Cultural LifePhotographs, posters, and pamphlets from the Eugene B. Redmond (EBR) Collection at Lovejoy Library at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Redmond is the Poet Laureate of East St. Louis and the author of six poetry collections and the founding editor of Drumvoices Revue.
- Ethnographic Video Online, Vols. I & II: Foundational Films This link opens in a new windowby Alexander Street Press
- Film and Media Archive, Washington University LibrariesDepartment of Special Collections holds the Henry Hampton Collection, the William Miles Collection and the Frank Marshal Davis Collection.
- Films On Demand: Master Academic PackageDigital video streaming service of educational videos from A&E, PBS, the BBC, National Geographic, HBO Documentary Films, Bill Moyers, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, and more.[TIP: Search subject Sociology for African American Studies]
- FMG Archival Films & Newsreels Collection.Included in Northwestern’s subscription to FILMS ON DEMAND
- Gado Images for sale from the Afro American NewspapersBuy Prints and Licenses for Images from the Afro American Newspapers.
- Home Movie RegistryPortal of the catalog records and digitized files of amateur film and video.
- IU Libraries Moving Image ArchiveIndiana University Libraries has "one of the world’s largest educational film and video collections."
- Internet Archive: Moving Image ArchiveThousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts.
- Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of AmericaFrom popular and traditional songs, to poetic art songs and sacred music, the relationship of song to historical events from the nation's founding to the present is highlighted through more than 80,000 online items.
- Music Online: African American Music Reference This link opens in a new windowAfrican American Music Reference brings together biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies about African American experience through music. This includes coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new windowSmithsonian Global Sound is a network of international cultural institutions working to preserve and distribute music from archives worldwide, and to foster appreciation for traditional roots music. Through its Web site, Global Sound will offer audio and video downloads, streaming media, educational resources, and detailed liner notes to music lovers, students, historians, teachers, and the academic community.
- National African American Photographic ArchiveCollaborative effort between the University Libraries, University of Memphis and Ampro Industries, Inc. of Memphis.
- National Jukebox: Historical Recordings from the Library of CongressDigital repository of early sound recordings 1900-1925.
- National Screening Room, from the Library of CongressLC's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center presents a digital collection of movies from its holdings.
- Newsfilm Library & Fox Movietone News CollectionFootage within a large and significant news film library at the University of South Carolina.
- New York Public Library Digital CollectionsMaterials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video +.
- NMAAHC USTREAM channelAll National Museum of African American History and Culture program videos.
- Open Vault from WGBHBoston's public television/radio station,1947-. Includes "Say Brother" & "March on Washington."
- Pacifica Radio ArchivesDocumentaries, performances, debates, drama, poetry readings, commentaries and radio arts from KPFA Berkeley, KPFK Los Angeles, WBAI New York, KPFT Houston & WPFW Washington D.C.
- San Francisco Bay Area Television ArchiveIncludes Willie L. Brown, Jr. Collection
- Schomburg Center on LivestreamBroadcasts from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.
- Separate CinemaMovie posters, lobby cards, and photographs chronicling the Black film industry.
- Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsNonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Solomon Sir Jones Films, 1924-192829 silent black and white films documenting African-American communities in Oklahoma.
- SoulTracksOnline resource dedicated to classic and modern Soul Music.
- South Side Home Movie Project Digital ArchiveMovies by made by residents of Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods, by Prof. Jacqueline Stewart.
- Tyler, Texas Black Film CollectionFilms and newsreels, produced between 1935-1956, in the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection, Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University.
- U.S. National Archives: GIPHYGIFs (Graphical Interchange Format) of rare video footage from NARA.
- Video Data BankVideos by & about contemporary artists, founded 1976 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Video Encyclopedia of the Twentieth CenturyOriginal footage documenting social, political, and cultural history as recorded by film & television news cameras.
- Wade In The Water (1994)26-part documentary series by National Public Radio and the Smithsonian Institution on American gospel music and its impact on soul, jazz and R&B.