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  • Resources for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 16, 2023

    Visit https://dei.gsu.edu/info/mlk for information about MLK Jr. Day events on campus and in the community. Monday, January 16, 2023, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Although Dr....
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • History
  • New Database: Ebony Magazine Archive

    We’re pleased to announce that the library now provides access to the Ebony Magazine Archive, which includes full-text of Ebony Magazine from its first publication...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Communication
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • New Databases: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Historical Archive and Access World News Research Collection

    We are happy to announce that we now provide access to two new current/historical news databases from NewsBank! Atlanta Journal-Constitution Historical Archive First, at long...
    Topics
    • Communication
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • Too Many Walton Buildings: Early GSU History Revisited

    Georgia State University traces its origins to day and evening commerce classes that began on the Georgia Tech campus in 1913.  In 1914 some of...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • New Database: Sex and Sexuality

    We’re pleased to announce that the GSU Library now provides access to the Adam Matthew Digital primary resource database Sex and Sexuality.  Sex and Sexuality has two...
    Topics
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • History
  • It’s time to celebrate Black History Month

    February is Black History Month, the annual celebration of the achievements of African Americans and their contributions to history. Black History Month grew out of “Negro History Week”, created by historian...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • History
  • Teaching with Primary Sources Instructor Workshop: Using Sources to Build Narratives

    On Monday, April 29, Kevin Fleming, Popular Music and Culture Archivist and Jill Anderson, Humanities Instruction Librarian, are offering a “Teaching with Primary Sources: Using Sources to Build...
    Topics
    • Communication
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • History
    • Instruction
  • Upcoming: “Teaching with Primary Sources” Workshops

    In April the Library will be offering three “Teaching with Primary Sources” workshops. “Teaching with Primary Sources” is an ongoing series of workshops designed to...
    Topics
    • Communication
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • History
    • Instruction
  • An Antiracism Reading List

    On February 12, Ibram X. Kendi, professor and Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, published “A Reading List for Ralph...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • 1913 or 1914: When was Georgia State “Founded”?

    We know that Georgia State University was “founded” in 1913. Or was it? University Archives includes many early “bulletins” (course catalogs) that clearly state on...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students