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Addressing topics from the Transatlantic Slave Trade to present day

African American History

African American History oil on Canvas, Can fire in the park" by Delaney, 1946

Welcome! This guide was created to help support research topics related to African American History - starting from the Transatlantic Slave Trade all the way through to current day.
 

Beauford Delaney, Can Fire in the Park, 1946, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum | Used under fair use guidelines

 

In addition to the larger topic pages above, this guide features sources in the library's collection, as well as links out related organizations, online exhibitions, and video and podcast collections all focused on Black history in the US. 

Find resources for the following topics:

  • Anti-Racism Resources
  • Celebrating Black History
  • Structural & Systemic Racism
  • The BLM Movement & Mass Incarceration 
  • The Civil Rights Movement, Black Power & Activism
  • The Great Migration & Harlem Renaissance
  • Jim Crow Segregation & White Supremacy
  • Emancipation & The Reconstruction Era
  • The American Civil War
  • Enslavement
    • The Abolition  Movement
    • Chattel Slavery in the United States 
    • Narratives & Oral History of Former Slaves
    • The Transatlantic Slave Trade

The library has a great collection of African American art books, like this one from which the image above is featured. Consider the book below, or come visit the library for more.

Please note: This guide is still under construction

While no guide can be comprehensive, there are additional sections of this guide that we still want to add - including more on the the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Lives Matter movement, mass incarceration, system racism, and more. 

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Sources used on this page:

Delaney, B. (1946). Can fire in the park [Oil on canvas]. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, MD, United States. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/can-fire-park-6619

Smithsonian American Art Museum (Ed.). (n.d.). Can Fire in the Park. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved February 2, 2023, from https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/can-fire-park-6619

This guide was created in 2023 and is managed by one of TCC's librarians, Christina D. - with special thanks to librarians at Holman Library at Green River College for providing direction and resources. If you have any recommendations for content we might add, or if you see any errors or links that don't work, please share your feedback with us by clicking on the "Get Help" tab. Thanks!

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