Guest blogger: Reinette F. Jones, Librarian, Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Source: University of Kentucky The Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA) was...
Our guest blogger today is Reinette F. Jones, Librarian, Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky “Some days I wonder why it took so long for there to be a an online, full image...
Nat Turner preaches religion. Image Credit: The Granger Collection, New York Whites throughout the American South were traumatized in the summer of 1831 by a bloody slave revolt led by Nat Turner, a...
The January issue of CHOICE contains this review of African American Newspapers, 1827-1998. African American Newspapers, 1827-1998. Readex. ISBN For academic libraries, Readex offers a one-time tiered...
This press release was distributed by Readex on January 5. Readex to Launch African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 Fresh opportunities to explore crucial facets of the African American experience...
Horatio Julius Homer (from the East Boston Times-Free Press) Last month the City of Boston and Boston Police Department (BPD) corrected history and recognized the service of Horatio Julius Homer —...
One hundred years ago last week, Great Britain created the Union of South Africa, transforming the British colony into a semi-autonomous new state with its own Parliament and its first Prime Minister...