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Black Lives Matter: Cultural History

Resources and information available through the UIW Libraries and online that support conversation and action in support of Black Lives Matter

Museums and Archival Collections

National Museum of African American History and Culture
"I have a dream"
Speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
August 28, 1963, recording and transcript from Marshall University.
San Antonio Register Newspaper Archives
San Antonio Black owned and operated newspaper focused on news and events of specific concern to Black San Antonians
The Papers of Reverend C. William and ZerNona Stewart Black, 1890-2009
San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum
The Snap
San Antonio Black newspaper documenting social events. Limited issues available
National Civil Rights Museum
DuSable Museum of African American History
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
African American Civil War Museum, Washington DC
APEX Museum
Banneker-Douglass Museum Library Collection
National Gallery of Art - Harlem Renaissance
National Archives - Black History
Archives Library Information Center - Black History
Google Arts and Culture
Juneteenth Proclamation
The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture - Juneteenth