Digital Public Library of America
Would you like to view old news footage, photographs, and other primary sources that document Juneteenth? DP.LA links to over 6,000 documents about Juneteenth celebrations.
Primary Sources Documenting African American Life
- American Slavery A Composite Autobiography This link opens in a new windowLife histories of former American slaves and transcripts of actual slave interviews conducted from 1936 to 1938.
- History Vault This link opens in a new windowSearch the Southern Life and African American History Collections for pre- and post-War plantation records.
- Ancestry Library Edition-On campus access only This link opens in a new windowTrace African American family histories with Ancestry.
- North American Slave NarrativesVast collection of slave narratives produced before and after the Civil War.