Library of Congress: Digital Resources
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
- African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition
- African-American Band Music & Recordings, 1883-1923
- By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s
- Civil Rights History Project
- Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
From Harvard University libraries
The Black Teacher Archive - Discover the legacy of Black educators and their intellectual, political, and cultural contributions during the Jim Crow era through the Civil Rights era.
In Black & White: Photographs of Black Theatre - Photos taken by New York Times photographer Alix Jeffry capturing the intersction of arts and activism and portraits of Black performers such as Harry Belafonte, Morgan Freeman, James Early Jones, and Leontyne Price.
Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, & Freedom - Primary sources from the Houghton Library
Magazine Archives
- Ebony Magazine Archive (1945-2014)
- JET Magazine Archive (1951-2014)
- Life Magazine Archive (1936-2000)