Martin Luther King Jr.

This website presents a selection of primary source material documenting the Black Freedom Struggle divided into 6 phases including: Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860); The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877); Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932); The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945); The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975); and The Contemporary Era (1976-2000).

Contents: Newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, and correspondence. 1790-2000.

Features Black Historical Newspapers as well as over 120 primary source collections including NAACP Papers, Civil Rights Organizational Papers, Black Abolitionist Papers.

Contents: Newspapers, archival documents, videos, full-text articles, and essays.