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  • “Mammy Isn’t Me” commentary by GSU Student

    Check out the insightful commentary on “Mammy” dolls at Social Shutter by Lindsey Claud, a junior at Georgia State University double majoring in Psychology and...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • Ejournals
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Historian Reveals the Knotted Roots of Mississippi’s Labor Movement

    Did you know that the organized labor movement in the South learned from and influenced the black freedom struggle? These stunning events are revealed in...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General
  • Undergraduate Research Award Winners!

    On March 16, the winners of the 2011 University Library Undergraduate Research Awards presented their research at the GSU Undergraduate Research Conference. The award recognizes Georgia...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • For Faculty
    • For Students
    • General
    • History
  • AJC Newspaper Photograph Exhibit in Library North

    SOUTHERN LIGHT:  Selections from The Atlanta Journal – Constitution Newspaper Photographic Archives is on display until April 29th, 2011, on the first floor of Georgia...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Art & Design
    • Business
    • Communication
    • Databases
  • A “Great Migration”…Back to the South

    GSU Sociology Professor Deidre Oakley was recently interviewed on WABE News regarding African Americans’ 20th-century “great migration” from the South and reverse migration back in...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • New Resources for Black History Month: Learning More about Black History

    For Black History Month, in addition to great resources showcasing historical black voices, the GSU Library also has a wide range of books about Black...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • New Resources for Black History Month: Exploring Historical Voices

    February is Black History Month, and the GSU Library has plenty of resources for you showing black history in the making… newspapers, papers, diaries, letters...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Photo of the Week: The Discomfiture of Southern Culture

    Significant subjects in photographs are not always apparent at first glance.  This crowd scene at the fair appears rather mundane.  A closer inspection reveals the...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General
  • “Four Negroes Acting Unwise?”

    Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of two students who integrated the University System of Georgia in 1961, will speak at Georgia State University (GSU) at 11 a.m. today...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • New historic African-American newspapers

    Through the ongoing income from a 1988 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Challenge Grant, the library has just acquired online access to two important...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Communication
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students