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Early Black Benevolent Societies, 1780-1830 (JSTOR)

Article by Robert L. Harris, Jr., The Massachusetts Review Vol. 20, No. 3 (Autumn, 1979), pp. 603-625 (23 pages). JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Access via schools and libraries or subscribe as an individual to JPASS.

Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation

A digital academic journal that publishes datasets and accompanying data articles about the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries. The Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation builds from and expands upon the pioneering digital scholarship on the transatlantic slave trade. As such, the journal elevates curated data to a first-class publication status, providing scholarly review, recognition, and credit to those who undertake the intellectual work involved in generating, cleaning, contextualizing, and describing digital records relating to bondage and freedom in Africa and the diaspora.

Mississippi Star Magazine, 1996-1999 New!

Mississippi Star was a monthly magazine published in Bay St. Louis, MS between 1996 and 2000, providing a spotlight on African-American achievers in and from Mississippi, and focusing on family, health, education, business, and culture.

NAACP - History of The Crisis

The Crisis magazine is the official publication of NAACP. It was created in 1910 by renowned historian, civil rights activist, sociologist and NAACP co-founder W. E. B. Du Bois.

Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life

From The Online Books Page. Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life was an African-American magazine published in the early 20th century.

The African Repository 1825-1892 (Internet Archive)

From Wikipedia, "The African Repository and Colonial Journal, title simplified in 1850 to the African Repository, was the official publication of the American Colonization Society, which supported the migration of free American Blacks to Africa, specifically to its colony of Liberia. It began publication in 1825. The name of the magazine was changed in 1892 to Liberia. It is a primary source for the early history of Liberia."

The Colored American

1900-1909 Booker T. Washington. President of Tuskegee University took it over, it was among the most important Periodical Magazine of 20th Century. It's where Black American's accomplishments were showcased. In science, arts, medicine, politics, and business fields. Content for women and children as well. All the issues are digitized.

The Voice of the Negro

From The Online Books Page. The Voice of the Negro was an African American illustrated monthly magazine published in the early 20th century.

Tuskegee University Archives Repository / Collection: The Negro Yearbook

Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro published at Tuskegee University from 1912-1952. No editions were published for 1920/21, 1923/24, 1927/28-1929/30.