Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: African American Newspapers: Freedom's Journal
Digitized collection of the first newspaper owned and produced by African-Americans (1827-1829).
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Ohio Memory: James Garfield Assassination Article
The Dover, Ohio, newspaper announces the death of President James A. Garfield because of an assassin's bullet. The article includes the surgeon's report of his worsening situation. Find an image of the newspaper article and the text.
University of Nebraska
U. Of Nebraska: Railroads and Making of Modern America: Origins of Segregation
Primary source materials that focus on the segregation of African Americans that took place on the railroads in the 1800s. Content includes newspaper articles, anecdotal accounts, letters, legal cases, etc.
University of Michigan
Making of America: The Spirit of the South Towards Northern Freemen and Soldiers
The full text of a William Lloyd Garrison's compilation of newspaper articles and letters of Southerners railing against the North in the Civil War. There is no commentary, only the primary source documents.
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Ford's Theatre: Remembering Lincoln
The Ford's Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, has curated hundreds of artefacts from the night he was killed to the months of mourning that followed. Primary sources in this collection include newspaper articles, memorial...
University of North Carolina
Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856 1940: The Colored Cadet at West Point
Read the complete autobiography of Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point. This tells of his life through the time of his graduation and receipt of his...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Associations (I), Making of African American Identity: V. 2
Newspaper articles that illustrate how benevolent and charitable societies fostered racial solidarity among African Americans in late-nineteenth-century America are provided. Links to these articles can be found on the second page.
University of Virginia
E Text Center: American Civil War Collection
Collection of primary documents--letters, diaries, photographs, and newspaper articles of both the Union and Confederate.
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New York State Library: Student Activity: Primary Versus Secondary Sources
Read about the Railroad Strike of 1877 using three excerpts from textbooks and three original newspaper articles. Compare and contrast the information in the primary and secondary sources.
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Wdrcobg.com: Beatles
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
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Early America: Explanation of Washington's Neutrality Proclamation
This article provides a good explanation of the reasons for Washington's neutrality proclamation. It also provides the text of the proclamation, and an original newspaper document.
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History of Oklahoma: Brief History of the Formation of Oklahoma Territory
Contains an article, "A Brief History of the Formation of Oklahoma Territory," as printed in "The Indian Advocate," a newspaper published between 1889 and 1910.
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