Developed with the guidance of African American scholars and librarians, The African American Experience offers both depth and breadth of information on African American history and culture.
The African American Experience supports research and scholarship in the field of African American Studies with a full library of works analyzing the contributions and challenges of African Americans throughout history, including the complete WPA Slave Narratives collection. This comprehensive database includes more than 9,000 articles, biographies, primary documents, and media. In addition to historical accounts ranging from the travails of slavery to key events of 21st-century Black history,The African American Experience offers scholarly commentary addressing African American contributions in the fields of politics, business, social and applied sciences, the military, the arts, and entertainment, keeping pace with the ongoing evolution of the African American narrative and its vital place in U.S. history.
| Africa and the Atlantic, 500–1550 • Ancient African Civilizations, 500–1550 • Africa and the Atlantic World, 1441–1550 |
Rise of Jim Crow, 1877–1895 • Rebuilding the South, 1877–1905 • Westward Ho!, 1878–1890 • Violence and Jim Crow, 1880s–1895 |
Black Power Movement, 1965–1979 • Civil Rights Reignites, 1965–1968 • African Americans and the Vietnam Era, 1968–1973 • Backlash to Progress, 1973–1979 |
| Africans in Colonial North America, 1550s–1760 • The English North American Colonies, 1619–1760 • The Spanish Colonies, 1560s–1760 |
The Progressive Era, 1895–1917 • Diverse Political Strategies, 1895–1915 • The Great Migration, 1910–1917 |
Urban Politics and the Shifting Landscape, 1979–1991 • New Leadership and Urban Change, 1979–1988 • Conservatism and the Politics of Power, 1988–1991 |
| Hopes for a New Nation, 1763–1816 • The American Revolution, 1763–1787 • The Constitution, 1787–1800 • The Emergence of Free Black Communities, 1800–1816 |
World War I to the Great Depression, 1917–1939 • World War I, 1917–1919 • The Harlem Renaissance, 1920–1939 • The Great Depression, 1929–1939 |
Dawning of a New Era, 1992–2000 • The Clinton Era and the Pulse of the New Day, 1992–1995 • Federal Policy Changes, 1995–1998 |
| Antebellum, 1816–1846 • The Expansion of Slavery, 1816–1846 • Abolitionism and Reform, 1816–1846 |
World War II and Post–War Integration, 1939–1954 • World War II, 1939–1945 • The Cold War, 1945–1960 |
New Millennium, 2001–present • New Leadership, 2001–2008 • Hope Comes Back to Life, 2008–present |
| Civil War and Emancipation, 1846–1877 • Prelude to War, 1846–1861 • The Civil War, 1861–1865 • Reconstruction, 1865–1877 |
Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1965 • New Forms of Protest, 1954–1957 • Struggles for Freedom, 1957–1960 • The Apex of the Civil Rights Movement, 1960–1965 |
