The article presents a collection of primary source documents about African American communities in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and North Carolina. The collection includes pamphlets, photos, postcards, political cartoons, illustrations, maps, scrapbooks, and legal documents.
The collection gives a broad view of race relations in different areas such as social, political, cultural, and religious. It also includes audio and video histories and images of objects that can be viewed from all angles.
The collection covers various topics like racism, discrimination, desegregation, urban renewal, housing, civil rights movements, protests, community integration, and African American culture through the arts.
A feature of the collection is the ‘My Archive’ function. This allows users to save searches, images, documents, and more into ‘scrapbooks’. These scrapbooks can be viewed as a slideshow or exported as a pdf.
In conclusion, the collection is a useful resource for understanding the diverse experiences of African American communities. It offers a wide range of primary source documents on various topics.