Digital Resources for Explore Black Culture and Heritage (The Blarchives)
Project Gutenberg
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Project Gutenberg has a number of different collections specifically dedicated to Black history and culture, like:
Books in African American Writers
This collection includes iconic texts by African American authors across history, including W.E.B Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Harriet A. Jacobs and more.
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Books in The Journal of Negro History
Originally founded by Carter G. Woodson, The Journal of Negro History published research related to African American history, pedagogy, literature. The goal of the journal was to address the dearth of accurate, scholarly sources connected to African American life, authored by African Americans themselves.
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