History, Social Science, and Primary Documents

A selection of primary source documents, including 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 from 1790 through the current time.

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From 1888 to1994. Includes every page and every photograph, all fully searchable!