Black History 1619-2019 by Suggested Search Terms
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History Databases
(Bloomsbury) - The widest-ranging and easiest-to-use online collection on African American life ever assembled, The African American Experience is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field.
(Infobase Publishing) - Exploring more than 500 years of the African-American experience, history, and culture.
(Bloomsbury) - This resource-rich reference and curriculum solution helps students understand the issues, perspectives, and history that have shaped our nation.
Search balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily.
History in Dispute addresses heavily debated questions by offering users different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe.
(Gale) - Provides balanced coverage of events in world history with relevant articles updated daily - both current thinking and established scholarly work
General Databases
(EBSCO) - Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
(JSTOR) - Access to back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.
(Credo Reference) - Students looking up current events and controversial topics benefit from the Real-time Reference featured search category, which provides frequently-updated, credible background information on issues unfolding in the headlines. With more than 700 searchable, full-text titles from 100+ publishers, Credo covers every major subject.
African American History by 
United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present by 
Recurrent Genocidal Nightmares : The Hidden Side of Euro-African Encounters, 1450-1950 by 
Daily Life of African Americans in Primary Documents by 
Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era by 
I Can't Wait to Call You My Wife by Emancipation Proclamation Exposed
Learn more about the origins of the Emancipation Proclamation in this video!
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Experience the aftermath of the Civil War—a bewildering, exhilarating, and terrifying time. African-Americans who had played a crucial role in the war now grappled with the terms and implications of Reconstruction and their hard-won freedom.
