The University Library Stands Against Racism
The Washington and Lee University Library stands with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association in condemning racial injustice. Read full BCALA statement.
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Freely Available Web Resources
Not all resources require a university login, the following resources are available to all through the open web.
- BlackPast According to the site, "it is a 'crowd sourced' online encyclopedia on African American history and the history of people of African ancestry outside the United States. Its success is built on a network of more than 700 volunteer contributors from six continents. All BlackPast.org articles are vetted for historical accuracy and copy-edited before they appear. BlackPast.org reserves the right to refuse any submitted entry that does not meet its standards for accuracy and objectivity." BlackPast was founded by University of Washington Professor Quintard Taylor and his graduate assitant, George Tamblyn.
- Digital Schomburg Selected LinksCurated list of links to free, high-quality databases of books, articles, oral histories, images, maps, interviews, and television programs. Some sites are specifically devoted to Africa and/or the African Diaspora, while others are more general but include materials of interest to research in the history and cultures of the black world.
- Institutionalized Racism: A SyllabusA collection of JSTOR Daily articles dealing with topics of institutionalized racism. The linked scholarship within articles is free for all readers.
- NOT EVEN PAST: Violence Against Black People in America: A ClioVis Timeline"Not Even Past was founded in 2010 and developed by the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. It aims, first, to bring great history writing to the public. The History faculty and graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin are committed to making our research freely available and accessible to anyone interested in History. Not Even Past serves as a primary vehicle for this."--About Us, Not Even Past
- Race, Racism and the LawRace, Racism and the Law considers race, racism and racial distinctions in the law. It examines the role of domestic and international law in promoting and/or alleviating racism. This website makes law review scholarship (and related material) more accessible to community activists, students, and non-legal faculty. Founded and edited by Vernellia R. Randall, Professor Emerita of Law, University of Dayton.