History - African American

African American History: Major Speeches links to historical speeches made by great African American orators, including Charles Lenox Remond, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Barack Obama.

Voices of Civil Rights

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:36:38 -0700

Voices of Civil Rights: Read personal accounts of "America's struggle to fulfill the promise of equality for all. Includes photographs, a timeline, and music.

African American Odyssey

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:33:13 -0700

African American Odyssey, sponsored by the Library of Congress, presents many primary sources including photographs, documents, narratives, and pamphlets.

About Primary Sources

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:09:23 -0800

Letters, interviews, photographs, and diary/blog entries are all examples of primary sources. Primary sources provide first-hand evidence of an event or subject, and they can be unpublished or published. PCC Library's collection incudes published primary sources including autobiographies and personal journals. The Internet provides a wealth of access to primary sources through websites of historical societies, museums, organizations, educational institutions, and governmental entities. Consult Using Primary Sources on the Web, published by the American Library Association.

African-American Mosaic

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:51:45 -0700

African American Mosaic is a Library of Congress guide to the study of black history and culture. It includes primary documents relating to abolition, migration, and the colonization of Liberia

American Memory

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:39:39 -0700

Sponsored by the Library of Congress, American Memory presents thousands of primary sources, including photographs, recordings, pamphlets, and personal papers, that document the history of the United States.

Black Past

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:20:13 -0700

Black Past, an online reference center maintained by the University of Washington, contains a wealth of materials on African American history.

Africans in America

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:25:54 -0700

Africans in America: PBS/WGHB presents America's journey though slavery with images, documents, biographies, and commentaries.

Underground Railroad

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:44:03 -0700

Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register Travel Itinerary

This Park Service website presents maps, lists, and information about stops on the Underground Railroad.

Eyes on the Prize

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:26:53 -0700

PBS American Experience: Eyes on the Prize

Access primary documents, short videos, profiles, and more on this website which accompanies the 14-hour documentary on America's civil rights movement, produced by Blackside for PBS's American Experience.

African American World

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:35:51 -0700

African American World: Produced by NPR and PBS, this site contains profiles of prominent African Americans, racial and societal issues, and contributions to arts and culture.

African American Migration

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:22:44 -0700

In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience

The Schomburg Research Center presents thousands of pages of texts and illustrations of "thirteen defining migrations that formed and transformed African America."

The History of Jim Crow

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:12:28 -0800

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow A support site for the PBS series of the same name. An interactive timeline, personal stories, videos and more are found here.

Negro and the American Promise

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:27:16 -0700

Negro and the American Promise:

Television interviews of Dr. Kenneth Clark, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin, produced by Boston public television station WGBH in 1963.

PBS History Detectives: Slave Songbook

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:43:22 -0700

This PBS History Detectives segment celebrates African American contributions to music.

Jim Crow Narratives

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:37:48 -0700

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Jim Crow Stories

Listen to first-hand accounts of life during the Jim Crow era. From the PBS website, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

Harriet Tubman

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:35:21 -0700

Harriet Tubman: Talk of the Nation, NPR, February 17, 2004

Join NPR's Neal Conan and guests in exploring the life of the leader of the underground railroad.

African American History Films at PCC Library

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:50:16 -0700

african american history

Films on Demand

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:49:44 -0800

Watch From Bitter Earth: Artists of the Holocaust
This BBC production pays tribute to the Jewish artists who created work that vividly documented the horror of Hitler's reign, from the despair of the Polish ghettos to the unprecedented misery of the death camps.

Browse the History film collection in Films on Demand, a streaming video database.

Get Help in Person or by Phone

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:34:41 -0700

You can ask our librarians a question during open hours at any PCC Library.

Need the phone number for your campus? Contact us! If you'd rather come by in person, check the PCC Library locations and hours.

Email Us

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:34:58 -0700

Need to ask a question by email? That's easy too. Use Ask a Librarian, or find your favorite librarian's email address on Library Staff.

Help from Tutors

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:15 -0700

Tutors are available to you both in person and online, and the service is free! Cascade, Sylvania, Rock Creek and Southeast Center each have a tutoring center with excellent in-person tutors in most subjects. If you're working on a paper, the writing tutors are popular (so don't wait until the last minute)! You can get more information about each campuses hours and locations at the links below:

Cascade Campus Learning Center

Rock Creek Student Learning Center

Tutoring at Southeast Center

Tutoring at Sylvania

Or get started working with PCC's online tutors:

eTutoring at PCC

Chat or Text a Librarian for Help

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:30 -0700

You can chat with a PCC librarian any time you see the PCC Ask A Librarian chat widget on any of the library's pages (like the PCC Library home page) or in a subject guide like this one. You can also get to us through AIM, Yahoo!, or Google Talk.

AIM/Y!: pcclib
Google Talk: pcclib@gmail

You can also text a librarian for help at:
971-259-TEXT (8398)

Need help when the library isn't open? Chat with an L-Net librarian 24-7.

Helping Yourself!

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:44 -0700

PCC Library has lots of resources that you can use on your own. You may already know that about the quiet study spaces as well as study rooms you can reserve.

Citing sources is another way you can help yourself! PCC Library has all the information you need on Cite Sources. The library also has video tutorials on everything from how to develop a topic for your paper to figuring out how to incorporate those citations. You'll find those videos, as well as information about using e-resources, at Tutorials and Handouts.