Archives and Special Collections and
Beyond Busing: Boston School Desegregation Archival Resources
Northeastern University Digital Repository
James Fraser images (desegregation photographs)
Charles H. Bruce Photographs (early Black Boston)
Carmen Pola (bilingual education activist)
Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (Puerto Rican activism)
La Alianza Hispana (Pan-Latino activism)
Lower Roxbury Oral History Project (local activists)
Get a BPL library card to borrow books, search databases and listen/watch streaming media.
Boston Planning and Development Agency (formerly Boston Redevelopment Agency) has community information and data. Use the All Neighborhoods dropdown to find your community
"Imagine All the People" is a series of publications about Boston communities, such as
Haitians in Boston
includes digital materials on African Americans
Crispus Attucks Online Museum includes information about the Crispus Attucks Monument
Not scholarly, but Boston Magazine articles are available online with in-depth look at local issues and personalities.
What does "perdition" mean? Look it up on the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Google Cultural Institute -- Black History and Culture
A treasure trove of online black history and culture, including
Changes over time: Library of Congress Subject Headings for African Americans
includes
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Poject, 1936 to 1938.
Collection of over 100 interviews with African Americans who migrated to Newark, New Jersey between 1910 and 1970. Videos are included with interviews. From the Sample stories page.
University of Southern Mississippi. Special Collections. Student Printz front page
NOTE: enlarge the image and select With Frazier to see the missing lead article!
includes Animation of Freedom's Ring: King's "I Have a Dream" Speech
Use the The Digital Vault on Docs Teach to create exhibits or lessons from the resources in the Digital Vaults.