Library Guides: News Sources: Historical

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American Race Relations Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 Global reporting and analysis of 20th-century U.S. race relations
Civil Rights in America From Reconstruction to the Great Society Official publications and primary source documents related to a century of civil rights issues in the United States
African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922 Primary documents in African American history under enforced racial segregation
African Americans and Reconstruction: Hope and Struggle, 1865-1883 Primary documents in African American history following the Civil War
HarpWeek Full-text historical content from Harper's Weekly magazine, 1857-1912
New York Times Digital Edition Create an account for full-text access to the digital version of the New York Times, 1851 to the present, on any device

Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1925 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Times Machine (NYT Archive) Over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. If it asks for a login, sign up for a free account through SU's New York Times subscription.