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Black History

This guide provides links to primary source materials published in the Black community as well as more general American History primary and secondary sources

Journals focusing primarily on Black History

"Secondary sources are commentaries and writings on the past from a later date" -
Lipartito, Kenneth. "Historical Sources and Data." Organizations in Time: History, Theory, Methods (2014): 284-304.

Journal of African American History (1916 to present)
The most recent five years of this journal can be browsed at the University of Chicago Press

All earlier years can be browsed at JSTOR. Note - This journal was first published as the Journal of Negro History from 1916-2011

Black History Bulletin
This journal can be browsed at JSTOR

This journal was first published as Negro History Bulletin from 1937-2001.

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