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Other Finding Aids Relating to African American History Post The Black History Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives and Records Administration

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Finding Aids

 Today's Blog post is by Christina Violeta Jones, Ph.D. Dr. Jones is currently an Archivist in the Textual Records Reference Division at the National Archives in College Park, MD were she specializes in Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement Federal agency records.   There are several other printed findings aids … Continue reading Other Finding Aids Relating to African American History Post The Black History Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives and Records Administration

Making the Original Black History Guide

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Uncategorized

This week's blog post is by Dr. Debra Newman Ham, a former Archivist at NARA and the editor of the original Black History Guide. Ham is currently a professor of history at Morgan State University   After I graduated as a history major from Howard University in 1970, I spent the summer working as an … Continue reading Making the Original Black History Guide

Protecting America’s Treasures: Black History in the Vault

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Emancipation & Reconstruction

Today's blog post is by Netisha Currie, Archives Specialist in the Textual Processing Division of the National Archives     A small portion of the millions of records at the National Archives are considered to be of such historic or intrinsic value that researchers are restricted from physical access to these materials. These materials are … Continue reading Protecting America’s Treasures: Black History in the Vault

eBook celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Emancipation & Reconstruction

Today’s post comes from Stephanie Greenhut, Education Technology Specialist, in the Education and Public Programs division. In the midst of the Civil War, on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This document, preserved here at the National Archives, formally proclaimed the freedom of all enslaved people held in areas still in … Continue reading eBook celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

Ida B. Wells-Barnett Takes Crusade Against Racial Violence to the President

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Black Women, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Protest & Issues

Ida B. Wells was among many individuals whose letters bombarded the Department of Justice demanding Federal help to fight racial violence. These letters are found among Year Files, 1884 1903 (National Archives Identifier 578368) located in RG 60, General Records of the Department of Justice (DOJ). This file consists of many letters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and telegrams … Continue reading Ida B. Wells-Barnett Takes Crusade Against Racial Violence to the President

Bringing Black History into the 21st Century

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Uncategorized

This post is written by Tina L. Ligon, an Archivist in the Textual Processing Division of the National Archives and Project Lead for the Updated Black History Guide. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is dedicated to preserving the history of the Federal Government and the American people. In 1984, Dr. Debra Newman Ham … Continue reading Bringing Black History into the 21st Century