In honor of Black History Month, Librarians from the New York State Library will provide an overview and discuss search techniques for the following newspaper databases: 

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century - The individual databases covered will include: The Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, Frederick Douglass' Paper, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, and The Christian Recorder, as well as the Civil War Collection. Dates covered are 1827-1902.
 

NY Amsterdam News: The New York Amsterdam News is one of the United States leading Black newspapers. This database captures 70 continuous years (1922-1993) of cover-to-cover news. Researchers can study the progression of issues over time by browsing or searching the newspaper. The paper includes news articles, photos and advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons and more.
 

Black Abolitionist Papers: A primary source collection that comprehensively details the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery. It covers the period of 1830-1865. This database contains approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists. 

This program will be held onsite at the New York State Library in the Cultural Education Center, Albany.