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Black History Month

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The Green Library Celebrates

Black History Month

February 2008

Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a noted African-American scholar, established Negro History Week in 1926. This celebration evolved into Black History Month in 1976. Since 1926 the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History has set the national theme for the month long celebration.

The theme for Black History Month 2008 is: Carter G.Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism

Reference * Books * Serials * Databases * Websites * Related LionLinks

Reference/Books

*live* St. Mark's Library Catalog searches

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Serials/Databases

For information on accessing databases, see the following wiki page St. Mark's Library Lion Links Databases

The following databases contain serials and articles in the fields of history and social sciences.

EBSCOhost - All subjects including: Animals, AP Courses, Arts, Books, Computers, Consumer Education, Economics, Government, Health, History, Law, Libraries, Literature, Math, Medicine (MEDLINE), Philosophy, Professional Education, Psychology, Religion, Sciences, Texas History. English, Spanish, and other languages available for these book, magazine, or newspaper articles.

JSTOR - Searchable full text collection of backfiles of core scholarly journals. File begins with the first issue of the title. Many go back to the 1800s. A large number of social science journals are available.

PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY - Searchable indexes and abstracts for more than 1800 general publications including social science subjects. Contains the full text of articles for many of the periodicals.

PROJECT MUSE - Searchable database of complete articles from the John Hopkins University Press's more than 40 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.

Websites

Brown v. Board of Education - Links

Brown v. Board of Education Text Full-text of the court decision. (FindLaw)
Brown@50: Fulfilling the Promise - Homepage of the celebration and commemoration of Brown v. Board of Education (Howard University)
Looking Back: Brown v. Board of Education Series of stories broadcast on National Public Radio. (National Public Radio)
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (National Park Service)
Brown Foundation For Educational Equity, Excellence and Research (Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, KS)

Black History and Historians

Toward a Usable Black History Article from the Summer 2001 issue of the City Journal.
John Henrik Clarke: His People's Historian An article from the Black Collegian about John Henrik Clarke's writings and importance as a historian.

Race Relations

Anti-Defamation League Web site of the Anti-Defamation League.
Institute for the Study of Race Relations (at the University of Virginia)Information on race relations research and projects seeking to improve race relations.
How the Blues Affected Race Relations in the United States Author's thesis that Blues positively affected race relations, a view different from many scholars. NOTE: this site has pop-ups.