Civil Rights: Pre Civil Rights Era

For over 50 years, the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University in New Orleans has developed and housed archives that document the modern Civil Rights Movement

The Emmett Till Archives at Florida State University Libraries consists of primary and secondary source material related to the life, murder, and memory of Emmett Louis Till.

A collection of documents held at the Library of Congress about the Jim Crow period of history.

This page from the National Park Service, lists a sampling of Jimi Crow laws from different states.

The Krueger-Scott oral histories is the largest collection of oral history interviews conducted with African-American residents of Newark who came to the city during the Great Migration, as well as those whose local roots stretch back generations. The faculty, staff and graduate students at Rutgers University-Newark who have worked on the collection in collaboration with local cultural institutions are proud to have helped preserve, archive, and make public these remarkable oral narratives that describe an as yet unwritten history of 20th-century African-American life. (source: website)

This is a Guide to resources related to the Negro Motorist/Traveler's Green Book, that listed places in the United States where it was safe for Negros to do business with. It was published from 1937 to the 1960s.

The TSHA is proud to announce the launch of the Handbook of Tejano History, which contains more than 1,200 entries, including 300 new entries, detailing the critical influence of Tejanos on the Lone Star State. Released on March 29, 2016, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Tejano Monument unveiling on the Capitol grounds in Austin, the Handbook of Tejano History is the culmination of a two-year effort involving dozens of researchers, educators, students, and Texas history enthusiasts committed to capturing and sharing Tejano contributions to Texas life and culture.