African-American Music: Genres, artists and liner notes
Find It African-American Music Reference contains more than 50,000 pages of text and 17,000 pages of liner notes that offer insight into one of the many forms of African-American musical expression. The site provides essays with commentary on the various works it has to offer. It contains a variety of genres from American folk to hip-hop […]
19th Century Prints: Richmond historical print collection
Find It As the capital of the Confederacy, national and international attention were focused on Richmond, Va., throughout the mid-19th century. In a period when photography was still a new medium, news magazines relied on drawings and paintings for visual coverage of these scenes and events. The Richmond Nineteenth-Century Print Collection includes more than 140 […]
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A transnational archive
Find It Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive traces the history and ongoing cultural impact of slavery. It provides access to thousands of full-text primary source documents and archival records, including those from: The American Missionary Association Archives from 1839-1882 The Office of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Suppression of the African Slave […]
Freedom Now Project: Farmville 1963 nonviolent protests
Find It University Public Affairs launched the Freedom Now Project with this article: “Virginia Commonwealth University is hoping for the public’s help in shedding new light on a pivotal moment in the civil rights struggle in Virginia with a new exhibit of 277 photographs taken during nonviolent civil rights protests in Farmville, Va., in the summer […]
