African Americans

The American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922

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December 2014 Database of the Month

The American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922: From the American Antiquarian Society  is a fully searchable database that offers access to approximately 3,500 works on nearly every aspect of slavery and abolition. Printed over the course of more than 100 years, these diverse materials include books, pamphlets, graphic materials, and ephemera, all filmed in full-resolution color. Coverage ranges from the Missouri Compromise and the founding of Liberia as a colony for blacks fleeing America to the birth of “Jim Crow” and the expansion of segregation through the early 1920s. Continue reading

Black History

February 28, 2011

Black History Month

In the News: Although Black History Month is coming to an end, it doesn’t mean that we cannot continue to commemorate the achievements of Blacks and celebrate their rich history. So this week we share some of the library’s newest titles on Black history and culture.

Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur
By Ron Christie. St. Martin’s Press, 2010
Call Number: E185.625 .C495 2010

African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960
By Charlene Regester. Indiana University Press, 2010
Call Number: PN1995.9 .N4 R42 2010

The African American Entrepreneur: Then and Now
By W. Sherman Rogers. Praeger, 2010
Call Number: HD2358.5 .U6 R65 2010 Continue reading

Let the Drama Back into your Life

New theater databases Asian American Drama, North American Women’s Drama, and Black Drama-Second Edition highlight collections of narratives from America’s minority groups; read full texts of plays, find information about playwrights and productions, and browse playbills and other related ephemera. Theatre in Video, containing more than 250 performances of the world’s leading plays, delivers the true drama experience as plays are created to be performed. North American Theatre Online, gives access to comprehensive reference materials covering all aspects of the Canadian and American theater. See detailed descriptions below.

Use North American Theatre Online to research upcoming FAU Department of Theatre and Dance productions.

This edition of Asian American Drama contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies and more.  The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the play. Continue reading

Diversity and Digital Collections@FAU Libraries

For Black History Month, the Digital Library features its Pearl City Oral History Collection. Pearl City was Boca Raton’s pioneering African-American community. One of the featured interviews is with Ms. Lois Dolphus Martin where she describes her 1930s segregated school experience at Roadman’s Elementary School, the first school in Pearl City.

 The Roadman Elementary SchoolRoadman Elementary School

The school was first called Boca Elementary and the name was changed when it was moved to Dixie Highway and what is now Glades Road here in Boca Raton, Florida.   Martin’s firsthand account sheds light on race relations as they existed in Delray Beach and Boca, and the events and changes over the decades which brought diversity to our community. To read and listen to Lois Martin’s interview or other Pearl City resident interviews click here.