This database contains over 100,000 pages of
monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders
within the black community from the earliest times to the present. In
addition to the political writings, speeches and interviews with black
activists of the 1960’s and 70’s, the database offers some interesting
historical works on topics such as manners
(1941), the history
of black education, (1919) and the early
years of the NAACP (1925).
The database search function can be used in many ways to look for authors, time periods, historical events and many other topics. Much information is given in the entries. For example, the entry on the author gives birth and death information, nationality, religion, race, sexual orientation, occupation and education. Each of these terms can be searched by so that one can get a list of all black American women teachers with Master ’s degrees who have materials in the database (11) or of black clergymen (21).
One can also browse through lists using different criteria such as dates, historical events (ratification of the 14th amendment, Montgomery bus boycott), personal events (courtship, loss of a loved one, starting a job) or subjects which include people, organizations and geographic locations.
All of the documents, books and interviews are full-text except the Black Panther newspapers of the 60’s and 70’s which are in PDF format. There are also audio files of interviews with Black Panther activists.
The books are not presented in an easy to read format, but most of the books found in the database are in Hewes Library or can be ordered via I-Share.
Access to databases is limited to the current students, staff, and faculty of Monmouth College.
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