The Black Studies Collection
About Black Studies
Black Studies is the interdisciplinary study of the culture, politics, and history of Black Americans. Black studies provide insight into the effects African descended peoples have had on society.
These resources are databases and journals on Black studies that focus on the Black experience and:
- history
- culture
- sociology
- politics
- experience
- issues
- religion
You can access them with your library card.
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The Black Studies Collection
Black Panther Newspapers
The Black Panther was the official newspaper for the Black Panther Party, founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in 1967.
Gale In Context: African American Perspectives
Study the history of African Americans in the United States.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection
Offers primary source material essential to the study of African-American history, politics, culture and the arts.
The Western Journal of Black Studies
Covers a wide range of disciplines that focus mainly on the experience of African Americans in the United States of America.
Slavery throughout the World
This resource from Gale In Context: World History covers slavery from ancient times through today.
African History, 500–1590
This resource from Gale In Context: World History covers this historical period in Africa.
Afro Caribbean in Gale in Context: World History
Resources on Afro-Caribbean studies from Gale in Context: World History.
African Diaspora in Gale in Context: World History
Resources on the African diaspora from Gale in Context: World History.
African American Museum & Library at Oakland on Calisphere
History in different forms from institutions in California.
African American Museum & Library at Oakland - OAC
The Online Archive of California (OAC) provides free access to resource collections.
AAMLO Study Guides
Looking to do research on a specific topic? Consider AAMLO's research guides covering West Coast Blues, the Black Panther Party, and more.
Wells (Robertha J.) Papers
The Robertha J. Wells Papers include education material, ephemera, and photographs documenting Robertha J. Wells, and the Wells family.
Wyatt (Faricita Hall) Papers
Correspondence, poetry manuscripts, photographs, awards, and guest books that document the life of Faricita Hall Wyatt (1912-1993).
Proctor (Eudora C.) Papers
Performer and dance instructor Eudora “Dodo” Proctor (1917-1993) was born on September 29, 1917.
Pinder (Jean M. Martin) Papers
Jean M. Martin Pinder (1916-2014) was among the first African American women to graduate from the Yale School of Public Health.
Harris (Charlotte) Papers
Photographs of family and friends of Charlotte Harris in Seattle, Washington and Berkeley, California.
Films on Kanopy
Kanopy offers documentaries on Black experiences, including these, recommended by librarians at AAMLO.
You will need to log into Kanopy with your library card.
The African Americans
PBS: The African Americans
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African-American history in his groundbreaking new series.
Jazz a Film by Ken Burns
Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns on Kanopy
Jazz is born in the unique musical and social cauldron of New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century.
Pioneers of African American Cinema
Pioneers of African American Cinema Short Films 1915-1921
This collection of the works of America's legendary first African-American filmmakers is the only one of its kind.
Eyes on the Prize
Eyes on the Prize
Civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary people who launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life
