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Online Research
African-American History Online
Covering more than 500 years of the African-American history. Read about key figures and events, examine famous speeches and other primary sources, and get context from the timelines.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution on NewsBank
Explore Atlanta history through local news, events and people with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Birmingham News on NewsBank
Explore Birmingham history through local news, events and people with the Birmingham News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S.
Historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.
Britannica Academic
Britannica Library
Britannica School
Community History Archive
Drama for Students Gale eBooks
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
EBSCOhost Search
Ethnic NewsWatch
Resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives.
Explora Elementary Schools
Explora High Schools
Gale In Context | Middle School
Gale Literature
Gale Literature Resource Center
Provides researchers with literary resources to support their literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented.
Gale Literature | Contemporary Authors
Provides access to biographical information on over 149,000 modern novelists, poets, writers, and more.