Detail of cover, The Negro Travelers' Green Book (1956), University of South Carolina Libraries' Digital Activities Center
"Borne out of the era of Segregation, Victor H. Green's The Negro Travelers’ Green Book provided African-American motorists and tourists with the information necessary to board, dine, and sightsee comfortably and safely." This interactive site maps many of the locations listed in the book. Check out your own hometown or a place you're curious about.
InMotion is a fantastic collection of images, texts & maps covering 13 periods of migration, from the transatlantic slave trade to African immigration since the 1970s. From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
The full text of one of America's biggest African-American newspapers. Browsable by article type (obituary, editorial, etc).
Dates: 1909-1975 CE
A full-text primary source archive of the New York Amsterdam News, an African-American newspaper. Articles, editorials, and images that chronical the cultural, social, and political developments within Black communities in New York City and beyond during the 20th century.
Dates: 1922-1993 CE