SOC 2090: Race and Ethnicity

This guide walks you through the sources you'll need as you prepare your final presentation for this class.

Primary Sources

A primary source is first-hand information created during the time that you are researching.

A secondary source is second-hand information, often written by an expert who draws on both primary and contextual information.

Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Provides the full text of many newspapers published nationally and internationally.

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
A collection of films in the Humanities and Social Sciences including Communication, Education, English, History, Psychology and Sociology.
PBS Video Collection This link opens in a new window
A collection of hundreds of documentary series from the Public Broadcasting Service's catalog.

Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Covers the non-fiction published works of leading African American as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters and other material.

Autobiographies

Diaries

Documents

Eyewitness accounts

Film footage

Laws

Letters

Newspaper articles

Concert programs

Novels

Objects from the time

Oral histories

Photographs

Poems, art

Speeches

Musical scores

Recordings

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