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\"civilrightsnews\"<\/a>Getting Started with News Sources
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The following databases allow you to search through historical newspapers for primary sources–a contemporary account of the Civil Rights Movement.\u00a0 The sources on the left can be used to find articles written by and for African Americans.\u00a0 The sources on the right offer a broader perspective, including major US newspapers such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal as well as hundreds of local and regional newspapers<\/p>\n

If you are hoping to learn\u00a0about\u00a0<\/em>African American Newspapers<\/strong> instead of searching for articles, the Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America<\/a> and the Encyclopedia of African American Society<\/a> are a great place to start.\u00a0 Try searching for “Newspapers”, “News Media”, “Journalism” or the names of any of the individual newspapers listed below.<\/p>\n

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African American News Databases<\/span><\/strong><\/th>\nGeneral American News Databases<\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Historical Newspapers<\/a><\/strong> searches through six major African American Newspapers (different from those included in the African American Newspapers database below.) Many of these newspapers have articles in the\u00a0Encyclopedia of African American Society <\/a>if you would like to learn more about them. \u00a0The newspapers included are:<\/p>\n
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  • Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)<\/li>\n
  • Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)<\/li>\n
  • Chicago Defender (1909-1975)<\/li>\n
  • Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)<\/li>\n
  • New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)<\/li>\n
  • Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Search Tip:\u00a0<\/strong>Click on “Advanced Search” and changed publication date to “Specific date range” to limit your search to the 1960s.<\/td>\n

ProQuest Historical Newspapers<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>allows you to search through all of the titles included in Black Historical Newspapers along with the following major US newspapers:<\/p>\n
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  • The New York Times<\/li>\n
  • The Wall Street Journal<\/li>\n
  • The Washington Post<\/li>\n
  • The Chicago Tribune<\/li>\n
  • The LA Times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Search Tip<\/strong>: In order to search specifically through the 1960s, click on “Advanced Search” above the search window.\u00a0 Change publication date to “Specific date range” and and change the years to 1960-1969.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0searches through roughly 270 historical African American Newspapers, eleven of which were publishing during the 1960s:<\/p>\n
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  • Soul City Times (Milwaukee, WI)<\/li>\n
  • Milwaukee Star<\/li>\n
  • Bronze Texan News<\/li>\n
  • Minority Report (Dayton, OH)<\/li>\n
  • Harlem Daily<\/li>\n
  • Mississippi Free Press<\/li>\n
  • Inside New Orleans<\/li>\n
  • Kansas Sentinel<\/li>\n
  • Los Angeles Tribune<\/li>\n
  • Southern Mediator Journal (Little Rock, AK)<\/li>\n
  • Alaska Spotlight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Search Tip<\/strong>: to narrow the time period to the 1960s, enter 1960-1969 in the “Custom Date Range” box.<\/td>\n

Access Newspaper Archive <\/strong><\/a>is a great place to start if you are looking for local news articles or if you would like to search for Civil Rights news articles from a specific location.\u00a0 Clicking on browse will take you to a map where you can browse by state.\u00a0 For example, Access Newspaper Archive contains seventeen publications that were in circulation between 1960 and 1969 in the state of Michigan. A note of caution: the archive is composed of digital images of newspapers scanned from microfilm and the quality of the search function varies from publication to publication.Search Tip:<\/strong> in order to narrow the decade to the 1960s, click on “Search” in the black menu bar.\u00a0 This will open the advanced search page, where you can adjust the “Between Dates” accordingly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethnic NewsWatch <\/strong><\/a>allows you to search through journals, magazines, and newspapers from minority presses.\u00a0 There are over 50,000 articles about African Americans in the 1960s.
\nSearch Tip<\/strong>: Click on “Advanced Search” to narrow the time period to the 1960s and the Ethnic group to “African American” if it is appropriate for your project.<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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