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Platform for the preservation and discovery of South Asian historical and cultural materials, covering Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Includes books, magazines, reports, historical journals, video, audio, zines, newspapers, magazines, letters, diaries, and other primary source materials.

Platform for the preservation and discovery of primary sources on African history and culture in archival collections at African institutions, and around the world. Comprises the following modules: History and Culture; Black South African Magazines (new in May 2024); Southern African Films and Documentaries (new in May 2024); East African Magazines, Newspapers, and Films: The Hilary Ng’weno Archive (new in May 2024). Includes books, magazines, newspapers, historical journals, government documents, oral history, photographs, art, music, videos, and more.

Modern and historical essays, journals, newspapers, fiction, literature, and poetry on the African diaspora experience. Includes the historical Chicago Defender newspaper. Material comes from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. (Full-Text)

Primary source books, pamphlets, periodicals, and broadsides covering American popular culture, social history, family life, education, race, class, and employment from 1800-1920. (Full-Text)

Primary sources focusing on LGBTQ history and associated social, political, health and legal issues. Includes newspapers, magazines, newsletters, manuscripts, correspondence, and more.

Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. (Full-Text)

Testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides, including the Armenian Genocide and events in Nanjing, Guatemala, Myanmar (anti-Rohingya mass violence), Rwanda (genocide against the Tutsi), Cambodia, South Sudan, and Central African Republic; also includes interviews about contemporary anti-Semitic violence. (Streaming Video)