Under the leadership of J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI vigorously investigated and tracked the activities of Communist groups, Communist-front groups, and other radical organizations in the United States. This module consists of records of the FBI and the Subversive Activities Control Board from 1945-1972. Highlights of this module include J. Edgar Hoover’s office files; documentation . . .Continue reading BHM #16 – FBI Confidential Files and Radical Politics in the U.S., 1945-1972
Race Relations in America – This primary source collection from Adam Matthews offers… Over 100 hours of audio recordings – speeches, panel discussions, dictations of reports, and the narration of the film slideshows ‘Of a New Day Begun’ and ‘Rebirth in Roxbury’ Images organized into thematic galleries such as Arts and Culture, Civil Rights, Education . . .Continue reading BHM #15 – Race Relations in America
The Republic of New Afrika (RNA) was a social movement organization that proposed three objectives: The creation of an independent Black-majority country composed of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina and the Black-majority counties adjacent to this area in Arkansas, Tennessee and Florida. $400 billion in reparations for the injustices suffered . . .Continue reading BHM #13 – The Republic of New Afrika
Africa and the New Imperialism, part of the Adam Matthew collections of primary sources, documents the period of rapid colonial expansion by European powers across the African continent during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. From the accounts of missionaries and European explorers navigating the interior of the continent in the early nineteenth century; . . .Continue reading BHM #12 – Africa and the New Imperialism
Black Abolitionist Papers –This primary source collection details the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings of the activists themselves. The approximately 15,000 articles, documents, . . .Continue reading BHM #11 – Black Abolitionist Papers
African American Communities – Pamphlets, photos, postcards. Political cartoons, illustrations, maps. Scrap books, legal documents, ephemera and more. This collection, albeit somewhat small, contains a fascinating variety of primary source documents evidencing race relations across social, political, cultural, and religious arenas. Examining multiple aspects of the lives of African Americans through the lens of . . .Continue reading BHM #10 – African American Communities
HeinOnline’s Civil Rights and Social Justice database brings together diverse publications covering civil rights in the United States. This database is packed with great resources all in one place! It contains links to scholarly articles, hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislation, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, . . .Continue reading BHM #9 – Civil Rights and Social Justice
Ethnic NewsWatch™ (ENW) is a current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. The complete collection also includes the module Ethnic NewsWatch: A History™, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Together, these resources present a full-text collection of more than . . .Continue reading BHM in Databases #8 – Ethnic NewsWatch
Does the library’s new home page image with its softly falling flakes have you dreaming of snow? Then check out more snowy photos in our “Furman University Historical Images” digital collection. Photos date from the 1940s through the late 1980s and show idyllic wintry campus scenes. Several of the photos are dated 1982 and show . . .Continue reading Snowy State of Mind
In the Furman Libraries, when we think about the value we provide to the University community, we don’t always think of books, computers, or buildings. We do think of the people, the programs, and the authentic relationships that we’ve built with people like you. April 26th is Dins Day, and as we celebrate all the . . .Continue reading Dins Day! ’22
