Primary Sources - Basics - Black History - Research Guides at University of Northern Iowa

Primary Sources from the Black Community

"Primary sources are those texts and objects that come to us from the time period of interest".
- Lipartito, Kenneth. "Historical Sources and Data." Organizations in Time: History, Theory, Methods (2014): 284-304.

The following databases are a good place to begin searching for primary sources published by Blacks for Blacks. The Primary Sources - Advanced and Secondary Sources options will provide additional material drawn from American History resources.

ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers (1909-2010)
Article and full-page access to the following papers: Atlanta Daily World (1931-2010), Chicago Defender (1909-2010), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Michigan Chronicle (Detroit) (1939-2010), and the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993). To search results from just on of these newspapers type the name of the desired newspaper in the first search blank and your search terms (topics) in the remaining search blanks.

Historical Black Newspapers (1850-2019)
More than 170 historical Black newspapers from more than thirty different states.

Historical Black Magazines (1859-present)
Sixteen magazines published by the Black community for the Black community.

Black American (1961-1985) by JSTOR - Reveal Digital
"The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an important milestone in the effort to achieve equality and autonomy for African Americans. In the decades that followed, Black Power, the Black Arts Movement, Black Nationalism, Separatism, and Black Feminism emerged as movements and grew in influence. Independent Voices provides scholars unprecedented access to writings and thoughts of those who led and participated in these diverse movements." - Reveal Digital

Need more primary sources? Head to the Advanced Methods page!
The Primary Sources - Advanced Resources page provides access to many more primary source options based on the time period, location, and social group of interest.