Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals, correspondence, official records, reports and in-depth oral histories, revealing the prevalent challenges of racism, discrimination and integration, and a unique African American culture and identity.
History & Government
Online Resources
African American Communities Collection
African American Experience: The American Mosaic, The
Drawing on myriad sources and assembled with the guidance of leading librarians, this database gives voice to the African American experience from its African origins to the present day. This vast and accessible database covers history, biographies, literature, arts, music, popular culture, folklore, business, slavery, the struggle for civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, and other themes.
American Indian Experience: The American Mosaic, The
The American Indian Experience: The American Mosaic is an online collection featuring reference content, hundreds of primary documents, and thousands of images. From precontact to the colonial era into the 21st century, and from the Inuit of Alaska to the Seminole of Florida, The American Indian Experience is an indispensable electronic research and learning resource.
Asian American Experience: The American Mosaic, The
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to history, this dynamic digital resource allows for deep exploration of Asian American contributions in multiple fields, including culture and customs, government and politics, business, sports, media and entertainment, and social activism.
Digital Sanborn Maps
Travel back in time with this historical collection of fire insurance maps. You'll find more than 1,400 detailed Sanborn insurance maps of 376 Missouri towns and cities. Covers the years 1867-1970.
Explora – General Research and eBooks Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Directories
Whether you're looking for consumer, health, news or employment information, Explora serves as a simple, yet powerful access point for all of our EBSCO databases.
Explora for High School Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Directories
Discover all of our EBSCO databases for teens through Explora. This simple, yet powerful interface supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
Explora for Kids Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Directories
Discover all of our EBSCO databases for kids in one spot! Explora provides a single search box with easy-to-browse categories, making it easier to discover rich, reliable content that supports student research and classroom instruction.
Explora for Middle School Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Directories
Discover all of our EBSCO databases for teens through Explora. This simple, yet powerful interface supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
Fire Insurance Maps online New!
Fire Insurance Maps Online (FIMo) provides access to digitized fire insurance maps, including publications by Sanborn, Perris, Hexamer, Whipple, Baist, Bromley, Hopkins, and others. These maps offer detailed historical representations of urban areas, originally created for fire insurance purposes. They document building footprints, construction materials, and street layouts. FIMo is a valuable resource for researchers, historians, genealogists, and property owners seeking to explore the past development and infrastructure of cities. Discover the evolution of St. Louis neighborhoods and buildings through these meticulously detailed maps from a variety of historical mapmakers.
Gale In Context: US History
Provides a complete overview of the United States' past that covers the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. Explore coverage on topics ranging from the arrival of the Vikings in North America to the American Revolution, Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror.
Gale In Context: World History
Provides an overview of world history, from ancient times to today's headlines. Covering the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, and people.
Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideals
Pop Culture Universe is a research and learning resource, presenting pop culture and history through an academic lens, providing insights into society that will engage students' minds and support their research projects.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
This HeinOnline collection brings together, for the first time, all essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

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