African American periodicals
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Black Student Union records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-14-195
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins Black Student Union (BSU) was founded in April of 1968, shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the riots which followed in Baltimore City. The club sponsors social events and lectures, participates in community service activities such as tutoring disadvantaged children, works to promote unity among African Americans, and works to improve the overall climate for African American students at Hopkins. The records of the Black Student Union span the...
Dates:
1972, 1984-1997; Majority of material found within 1992-1996
Found in:
Special Collections
Douglass' Monthly newspaper issue Vol. 3, No. 10, 1861 November
Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31151034443808], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
This item is issue Volume III, Number X of Douglass’ Monthly, dated March 1861 and published in Rochester, NY. The issue is focused on slavery and politics, written at a time when several slave states had already seceded but before the Civil War had begun. Topics include the political alignment of pro-slavery and free states in the impending war, the newly elected President Lincoln, emigration to Haiti, and the social power of African Americans. This issue includes the...
Dates:
1861 November
Duke magazine first issue
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034440440], Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-0827
Abstract
This collection includes a first edition copy of the first issue of Duke magazine, published in June 1957. Duke was publised by the Duke Publishing Company and ran for six issues.
Dates:
1957 June
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University collection of African American political activism
Collection
Identifier: MS-0848
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of African American political activism in the United States consists of broadsides, photographs, and newspaper clippings that were primarily created around the time of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements between the 1950s and 1970s.
Dates:
1861 - 2004
Found in:
Special Collections