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Category: African American History

Photograph of young, light-skinned Black woman with short dark curly hair and black eyeglasses, standing in front of library book stacks.

Junior Fellow Spotlight: Zoe Harrison

Posted by: Malea Walker

This summer, Junior Fellow Zoe Harrison researched and wrote essays about African American newspaper titles available in the Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers database. In this interview, Harrison shares her research interests and background, her internship experience, and more about the project, “Researching the Black Press in Chronicling America.”

Posted in: African American History, Digitized Newspapers

Three mastheads and headlines from the front pages of The Echo, The Daily Bulletin, and the Omaha Guide.

Mary McLeod Bethune: Newspapers and Comic Books

Posted by: Joanna Colclough

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) dedicated her whole life to advocating for civil rights, especially the education of youth. You can find her work making headlines in Chronicling America newspapers, as well as her friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and other high profile people of the day. Even some comic books featured her biography.

Posted in: African American History, Comic Books, Digitized Newspapers, Women's History