African American Sites in the Digital Collections

The election of Abraham Lincoln brought the division and division of the national war. When the Union soldiers entered the south, thousands of African Americans ran away from their owners to an alliance camp. Many "forbidden items" are greatly helping labor warfare.

After Lincoln 's liberation declaration took effect on 1 January 1863, black soldiers were officially allowed to participate in the war. During the Civil War, blacks and whites told frankly about race, citizenship and perfect equality of the new free population.

The 1863 Liberation Declaration released African Americans to rebel countries, after the end of the civil war, the thirteenth revision released all slaves in the United States. As a result, the South black people are now facing difficulties facing groups of free people surrounded by north blacks - many hostile white people.

Frederick Douglas (1817-1895): Advisor of President Abraham Lincoln, the former slave was armed in the North and the direct war with slavery

Paul Lawrence Dunbar (1872-1906): As a writer, Wright Brothers' close friend, Orville Wright co-publishes an international highly respected newspaper, Dayton Tutler.

Americanization - This site features the digital collection of the Cornell University Library, a major source of information in American social history from prewar to revival. The series stands out especially in the fields of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, science and technology. Robert E. Lee Papers - Robert E. Lee Papers is a special collection of James Graham Leybum Library in Washington and Lee that records the life and career of Lee as a soldier, educator, friend, father. This collection includes private letters Li sent Li to a series of political and military persons in the United States in the 19th century.

At an important time of hope and struggle, this powerful digital resource combines the most important works of many African Americans into one. By capturing the voice of African Americans, this unique collection covers a very important topic such as the development of African-American identity; explains the life of African-American including slave and freedom To do. , African-American living in the north and elsewhere; official report on "progress" of African-Americans. It also includes important works by African Americans and organizations, as well as novels, poetry and dramatic works.

An important collection of African American art is Walter O. Evans's African American Art Collection, University of Delaware, University of Alabama Paul R. Jones Collection, David C. Driskell Art Collection, and Harmon and Harriet Kelly Collection includes. African-American art, Semburg black culture research center, and Mott-Warsh series. Cara Walker is a contemporary American artist known for his quest for race, sex, gender, violence and identity in his work of art. Walker 's silhouette image is used to bridge the unfinished folklore of the Southern War, reminiscent of Harriet Bowers' early works. A fantastical image like her nightmare is in harmony with the feeling like a movie. In 2007, Walker was elected to Time magazine "100 of the world's most influential people, artists and entertainers"