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Marshall (1908 - 1993) was a lawyer, civil rights activist, and the first African American member of the Supreme Court of the United States (1967–91).

Key Resources

  • African American Archives Best Bet
    1 million+ pages of historical primary source documents about the African American experience over several centuries
  • American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography Best Bet
    Resource now subsumed into the ABC-CLIO database.
    Please contact libref@unca.edu if you need help accessing resources.
  • Anthrosource Best Bet
    From the American Anthropological Association, this database indexes and provides online access to many of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications.
  • Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 Best Bet
    Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration in the mid-to-late 20th century.
  • JSTOR Best Bet
    Scholarly journal archive containing full text journals in a broad array of disciplines.
  • Oxford African American Studies Center Best Bet
    Documents the field of African American Studies and Africana Studies with more than 8,000 articles, hundreds of primary source documents, images, maps, and charts and tables, covering Arts and Leisure, Business and Economics, Education and Academia, Government and Politics, History, Religion and Spirituality, and Science and Medicine.
  • ProQuest Central Best Bet
    General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
  • SocIndex with full text Best Bet
    Contains full text for 777 journals dating back to 1908. Also includes full text for more than 820 books and monographs, and full text for 13,947 conference papers.
  • Twentieth Century American Poetry Best Bet
    This unparalleled collection includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets,
  • Twentieth-Century African American Poetry Best Bet
    Collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African American poets of the twentieth century.
  • America's Historical Newspapers
    Searchable Web-based archive of 170 early American newspapers from 24 states. 1690-1876 (Readex/NewsBank)

Contact

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consultation, email libref@unca.edu.

Africana Studies

Please visit our Africana Studies Library Guide for additional information.