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SUMMARY:Explore Historical Black Newspaper Databases (Onsite)
DESCRIPTION: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: \n\nAfrican 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.\n \n\nNY 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.\n \n\nBlack 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. \n\n \n\nThis program will be held onsite at the 
 New York State Library in the Cultural Education Center\, Albany.
LOCATION:7th floor Redmond Room
ORGANIZER;CN="NYSL Training":MAILTO:nysltrn@nysed.gov
CATEGORIES:Genealogy
CONTACT;CN="NYSL Training":MAILTO:nysltrn@nysed.gov
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URL:https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13702503
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