Six new subject Topic Centers have just been added to our African-American History database, offering specially selected content on milestone events and subjects throughout African-American history and complementing the Topic Centers on historical eras.  These new, more focused Topic Centers cover the key, high-interest historical topics that students and researchers are most frequently searching for and studying. The important subjects covered include:

• Abolitionist Movement
• Underground Railroad
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Great Black Migrations
• Harlem Renaissance
• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Each Topic Center includes:

• A selection of overview essays and articles that give broad coverage to the topic discussed and provide a solid background to these historic periods and movements
• Suggested research terms that yield productive search results and have been handpicked by our editors
• Videos and slideshows in the right rail that provide visual support to the topic
• Primary source documents most relevant to that particular time period
• Original maps and charts
• Timelines

Click on the links below for more information about African-American History:

• For schools
• For public libraries
• For colleges and universities