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African Americana Library News

HBCU Digital Collection
Jun 16, 2008
Founding of historically black colleges and universities celebrated

Library for Congressman Clyburn
Jun 4, 2008
New transportation center will include the South Carolina State University Historical Collection

Avery Research Center news
May 30, 2008
Archivist Georgette Mayo to Direct the Avery Center.

Proposal to Move AAL to HPNL
May 13, 2008
Afro-American Bibliographic Unit to join the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library

Black Thursday Digital Exhibit
Apr 30, 2008
Wisconsin State University of Oshkosh's Polk Library has created an on-line exhibit about the the 1968 black student protest on campus entitled “Do Your Thing.”

African American Research Center

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African American Research Center , Room 328 Main Library, 1408 West Gregory Drive,
Urbana, IL 61801

Telephone: (217) 333-3006

 

The African American Research Center of the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library is responsible for building the University Library's African American Studies collection, which includes materials on the Black experience in the Americas and worldwide outside of Africa. Consisting of more than 100,000 volumes, the collection is distributed throughout the University's various libraries, with the largest number located in the Main Library book stacks.  Also, the 1,000+ reference books in the unit are available to anyone looking for facts, books, articles, or other media, about the Black experience.

 

Selected Resources:

 

Black Caribbean Database| Credit Course: AFRO 102 | Digital Journals | Electronic Books | Historical Texts | Newspapers  | Pan-African CD-ROM Workstation | Video Tapes & DVDs

 

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