Items available online have been grouped together into collections, which give the items meaning in a broader context. The following list and groupings are a sampling of the material related to African American history available from the Library of the Congress and other partner agencies.
Please note: This list represents only a selection of the digital and physical holdings of the participating agencies.
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Art / Design
- The Art of Romare Bearden (National Gallery of Art)
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Shaw Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment (National Gallery of Art)
- Martin Puryear (National Gallery of Art)
- Selected African American Artists at the National Gallery of Art
Baseball
Civil Rights
- Abraham Lincoln Papers (Library of Congress)
- The Frederick Douglass Papers (Library of Congress)
- Voices of Civil Rights Exhibition (Library of Congress)
- With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board at Fifty Exhibition (Library of Congress)
Culture
- The African American Experience in Ohio: Selections from the Ohio Historical Society, 1850-1920 (Library of Congress)
- African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship Exhibition (Library of Congress)
- African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 (Library of Congress)
- First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920 (Library of Congress)
- Portrait of Black Chicago (National Archives)
- The Progress of a People Exhibition (Library of Congress)
Folklife
- Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (Library of Congress)
- "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (Library of Congress)
Military
- African-Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles, Stories from the Veterans History Project (Library of Congress)
- Buffalo Soldiers: The 92nd in Italy (Library of Congress)
- Lt. Henry O. Flipper's Quest for Justice: "As honorable a record in the Army as any officer in it" (National Archives)
Music / Performing Arts
- African American Band Music and Recordings, 1883-1923 (Library of Congress)
- African Americans in the Performing Arts (Library of Congress)
- African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (Library of Congress)
- Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (Library of Congress)
- Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress)
- "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (Library of Congress)
- Ragtime (Library of Congress)
- Song of America: Ethiopia Saluting the Colors (Library of Congress)
- Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (Library of Congress)
- The Zora Neale Hurston Plays (Library of Congress)
Religion
Slavery
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (Library of Congress)
- The District of Columbia Emancipation Act (National Archives)
- The Emancipation Proclamation (National Archives)
- First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920 (Library of Congress)
- From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 (Library of Congress)
- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 (Library of Congress)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children, 1908 (Library of Congress)
- The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters by William Still, 1871 (Library of Congress)
- Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (Library of Congress)
Resource Guides (Library of Congress)
- African American Business Resources
- African American Family Histories
- Afro-American Genealogical Research
- The African American Mosaic: Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture
- African American Sites in the Digital Collections
- African American Women in the Sciences and Related Disciplines
- African American Science Books for Younger Readers
- African Business Guide
- Booker T. Washington
- Civil Rights Resource Guide
- A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials
- A Guide to Materials for Rosa Parks
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Harriet Tubman
- Langston Hughes and His Poetry
- Law Library of Congress - Legislative and Executive Branch Documents
- Library of Congress – African & Middle East Reading Room
- Primary Documents in American History: Emancipation Proclamation
- Rita Dove
- W.E.B. Du Bois
Profiles
 John Hope Franklin Author and scholar |
 Congressman Major Owens Library of Congress Kluge Scholar |
 Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad operative and Union Army spy |
 Carter G. Woodson Author, scholar and founder of African American History Month |
 Stevie Wonder Musician, 2009 Gershwin Prize Winner |
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