In
honor of Black History Month Atkins Library would like to shine the spotlight
on three e-Resources this month.
These resources will help you study the important historical
events that have shaped the history of African American’s and put into the
context what we celebrate during Black History Month.
Provides historical and
current information on African American history, society, and culture in 28
topical chapters. Includes a chronology, a chapter of important primary
documents, directories of organizations and businesses, a bibliography of
recently-published works, annotated lists of crucial court cases, a
filmography, hundreds of brief biographies, and more than 650 photographs,
illustrations, maps, and statistical charts within the text.(source)
A century and a half of the African American experience
A richly detailed record of the African American past
African American Newspapers,
1827-1998, offers researchers invaluable primary sou
rces for
such diverse disciplines as cultural, literary and social history; ethnic
studies; and more. Users can compare and contrast African American views on
practically every major theme of the American past.
Coverage spans life in the Antebellum South; the spread of
abolitionism; growth of the Black church; the Emancipation Proclamation; the
Jim Crow Era; the Great Migration to northern cities, the West and Midwest in
search of greater opportunity; rise of the NAACP; the Harlem Renaissance; the
civil rights movement; political and economic empowerment; and more. Teachers
and students will find firsthand perspectives on notable Americans from
Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington to W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther
King, Jr., as well as obituaries, advertisements, editorials and illustrations.
(source)
The
National Negro Business League was a business organization founded in Boston,
Massachusetts in 1900 by Booker T. Washington, with the support of Andrew
Carnegie. The mission and main goal of the National Negro Business League was
“to promote the commercial and financial development of the Negro.” The organization
was formally incorporated in 1901 in New York, and established 320 chapters
across the United States.
Date Range: 1901-1928
Content: 15,779
pages
Source Library: Library of Congress
Comprised of correspondence and memoranda, itineraries, lists,
form letters, reports, press releases, speeches, programs and enrollment forms, Black
Economic Empowerment: The National Negro Business League supports research and course work in
African American studies, business and economic history, social history, and
cultural studies. (source)
For the city of Charlotte and the surrounding areas, the Charlotte Observer holds its history through its stories, editorials, advertisements and so much more. In the past, to mine this rich history, researches needed to visit the library and painstakingly search the microfilm but now Atkins Library has access and ownership of the entire Charlotte Observer Digital Archives from 1892-present. 
