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  • NEW info- Latinx Thought and Culture: The NPR Archive, 1979-1990 showcases three radio programs focused on Latino/a culture and identity, available for the first time in a searchable database as digitized audio with transcripts. These radio programs focus on issues related to politics, sociology, human rights, the arts and more with interviews of key figures and news reporting by a new generation of Latino/a journalists at the time.
  • History Vault: Bexar Archives: Colonial Archives of Texas during the Spanish and Mexican Periods, 1717–1836. Explore the official Spanish records and learn the earliest history of Hispanic Texas considered the most complete and detailed primary source in existence for the study of colonial Texas, documenting virtually all aspects of life in early Spanish and Mexican Texas.
  • Women and Social Movements in the US, 1600-200: Indigenous Women's Voices in North America, American Empire and the Global South, 1820-2020. Explore the voices of Indigenous women, delve into the narratives of trailblazing writers like Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and Mourning Dove in the latest faculty created primary source document project.
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Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Associate professor of history at the Ohio State University
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Tomomi Asano, Manager of the Public Service Group at International Christian University Library

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Tomomi Asano, Manager of the Public Service Group at International Christian University Library

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