This unique new eBook offers these five original articles by faculty specializing in African American history, literature and culture:

• Commemorating W.E.B. Du Bois and “The Crisis”: Reflections on Religion and American History

• Excavating Antebellum Black Politics via America’s Historical Newspapers

• The Robinson Interregnum: The Black Press Responds to the Signing of Jackie Robinson

• Writing the David Ruggles Biography: Newspapers Help Complete the Portrait of a Radical Black Abolitionist

• A True Tale of Adultery, Murder, and Dismemberment in Black Women's History

Each author provides a first-hand description of the discovery of valuable primary sources in Readex databases, including African American Newspapers, African American Periodicals, Afro-Americana Imprints, and other digital collections.

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