American Studies - African Americanist Graduate Cohort

A digital collection of African American materials from over 1,000 libraries and archives across the country.

Collection of "at risk" black gospel music from 1940's through the 1980's. Click "View the Collection" to actually access recorded songs, but be sure to check out the interviews on this homepage to understand the collection's context.

A subject specific search link into the DPLA. Includes images, texts, and sound/video clips.

The Hiphop Archive focuses on the knowledge, art, culture, materials, organizations, movements and institutions developed by those who support and follow Hiphop. Located at W.E.B. Dubois Institute for Afro-American Research.

Since its inception in 1957 the United States Commission on Civil Rights has been at the forefront of efforts by the Federal government and state governments to examine and resolve issues related to race, ethnicity, religion and, more recently, sexual orientation. The Thurgood Marshall Law Library offers access to the historical record of this important federal agency by archiving and/or digitizing many of its publications.

Includes images, texts and maps that explore "thirteen defining migrations that formed and transformed African America" from 1450 to the present.

Visualizing the hidden histories of race and privilege in Minneapolis. This map shows how racial restrictions were embedded in the physical landscape of our community. Using racial covenants in Hennepin County property deeds, this site illuminates how much land was reserved for the exclusive use of white people for most of the twentieth century.

New York Public Library digital collections keyword search for African American. Includes images, recordings, text, and notated music.

Discover, watch, and listen to historic programs of publicly funded radio and television across America.

A historical archive of video and sound recordings from the Associated Press and their partners that include newsreels from the 20th century.

Provides access to online films, texts, images, and audio recordings related to the Civil Rights movement in the United States in the 1950's and 1960's. CRDL is a partnership among librarians, technologists, archivists, educators, scholars, academic publishers, and public broadcasters.

Provides streaming access to a large collection of documentary films about American folk, or roots, cultures. Includes essays about the traditions and filmmakes, transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites. Site provides simple keyword and advanced searching, as well as ability to brose by subjects, regions, titles, filmmakers, and other categories. Video displays include links to additional, related films.

The Givens Collection consists of over 10,000 books, magazines, and pamphlets by or about African Americans. Included are novels, poetry, plays, short stories, essays, literary criticism, periodicals, and biographies that span nearly 250 years of American culture, with particular strength in the areas of the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement.

The Kautz Family YMCA Archives collects the historical records of the Y's national resource office, records of the Greater Twin Cities and Greater New York YMCAs, and those of Y's Men International, a service club in partnership with the Y. The collections document the evolution of the Y from its Protestant evangelical origins. It includes its contributions to war relief, the invention of basketball and volleyball, public health campaigns in China, rural reconstruction in India and Korea, teaching English as a second language, and much more.

The Social Welfare History Archives collects the records of private-sector social service and social reform organizations and the personal papers of individual leaders in the field. The Archives also houses an extensive collection of books, periodicals, pamphlets, reports and newsletters related to social work and reform.

The Digital Arts, Sciences, & Humanities (DASH) program supports faculty and students looking to employ digital methodologies and technologies in their teaching, research, and creative work. DASH connects scholars with its campus-spanning network of technology experts to advance digital projects at the University of Minnesota.

A series of workshops created by LATIS (Liberal Arts Technology and Innovation Services) that are free and open to all faculty and graduate students

Register for library workshops on everything from using citation managers to finding grant funding.

U-Spatial offers instructor-led workshops focusing on different geospatial tools/technologies and other resources.