ProQuest Black
Studies

Awarded 4 Stars and the 2022 Readers' Choice for Best New Product by The Charleston Advisor

Award-winning Black Studies content in one destination

Bringing together essential newspaper and archival content allows faculty to easily create engaging assignments and class discussions on a wide range of topics in Black Studies. 
“When I explain [ProQuest Black Studies] to colleagues, I let them know that this will make their lives easier."
Chad Williams, PHD, Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Chair in History, Brandeis University
Alongside the outstanding content in ProQuest Black Studies, the database is supplemented with user-friendly features including timelines, topic pages, and collection pages for easier navigation and discovery.

What’s Included:
  • The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience
  • Black Studies Periodicals
  • Eleven historical Black newspapers
  • Over 120 archival collections
  • Over 160 full-text journals that cover the period from the colonial era through the 21st century
  • Archival collections with records from the NAACP, civil rights organizations, national unions, the Revolutionary Action Movement, the Abolitionist Movement and more
  • Content from Alexander Street’s Black Thought and Culture

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“ProQuest Black Studies is positioned to become the database of choice for both students and scholars in African American studies. Researchers of all levels will appreciate the database’s powerful search, user-friendly design, and extensive scholarly and archival content.”
– Michael Rodriguez
Library Journal eReview, June 2022