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A resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research. Includes such records as draft cards from World Wars I and II, the Freedman’s Bank, and the US Census, as well as help finding other information sources.
Tags: Ancestry, Slave Trade, African-American Heritage, AfriGeneas
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Research family history by looking for obituaries, burial notices, church records, immigration files, and census data. Includes historical maps and many other genealogy resources. Covers the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and other regions.
Research Little Rock history through the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Historical Archive Collection. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies and more through historical and current full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
This archive collection contains searchable image edition issues of the Arkansas Gazette from 1867-1991, the Arkansas Democrat from 1947-1992, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from 1992-1994.
Due to license restrictions this research tool is available only to patrons when visiting a CALS location. Some research tools are restricted to specific CALS locations. Please contact CALS at 918-3000 before your visit if you have questions about availability.
A collection of historical newspapers containing extensive local and national coverage of American culture, politics, and society from the Antebellum through the Reconstruction periods.
Tags: American History, Antebellum, Reconstruction, Historical Newspapers
Revised and expanded Dictionary of American Family Names contains more than 80,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States. All surnames with more than 300 bearers in the 2010 US Census are now included. Wide representation of family heritages: North and South American, Eastern European, African, Middle Eastern, East Asian, Native American. The dictionary explains the meanings of family names for more than 90 percent of the US population with comparative frequencies and genealogical notes. (2nd ed. / 2022)
Documents the African American experience from the arrival of the first slave ship to the death of Frederick Douglass-and shows how American culture, history, and national identity have been influenced by the experience of African Americans.
Tags: African-American History, American History, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Civil War, Black History, Antebellum, Black Experience
Traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, up to and including the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.
Tags: African-American History, American History, Black History, Jazz, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Segregation
A free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas. The Encyclopedia contains more than 7,000 entries and 11,000 pieces of media related to Arkansas with new material being added weekly.
Tags: Arkansas History, Arkansas Geography, Central High School, Little Rock Nine, Local History
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