{"id":1689,"date":"2018-02-26T12:04:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T12:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2023-09-27T08:43:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T08:43:44","slug":"on-trial-black-newspaper-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2018\/02\/26\/on-trial-black-newspaper-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"On trial: Black Newspaper Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>*The Library now has access to all titles in the Black Newspaper Collection until 31st July 2024 as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2020\/06\/24\/proquest-access-350-600-years-of-world-history\/\">ProQuest Access 350<\/a>.*<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library has trial access to the <strong>Black Newspaper Collection<\/strong> from ProQuest Historical Newspapers. This superb resource contains the archives of 9 individual newspaper titles that provide cultural perspective and insight to the events that shaped the United States in the 20th Century.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1694\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2018\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1249\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2018\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers.jpg 1249w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2018\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2018\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2018\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers-500x150.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1249px) 100vw, 1249px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can access <strong>Black Newspaper Collection<\/strong> via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>e-resources trials page<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>\nAccess is available both on and off-campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trial access ends 28th March 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Newspapers<\/strong> offers primary source material key to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. The 9 titles included in this resource are:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Atlanta Daily World<\/em> (1931-2003)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Baltimore Afro-American<\/em> (1893-1988)<\/li>\n<li><em>Chicago Defender <\/em>(1910-1975)<\/li>\n<li><em>Cleveland Call and Post<\/em> (1934-1991)<\/li>\n<li><em>Los Angeles Sentinel <\/em>(1934-2005)<\/li>\n<li><em>New York Amsterdam News<\/em> (1922-1993)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Norfolk Journal and Guide<\/em> (1921-2003)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Philadelphia Tribune<\/em> (1912-2001)<\/li>\n<li><em>Pittsburgh Courier <\/em>(1911-2002)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of the nine newspaper archives provides you with unprecedented access to perspectives and information that was excluded or marginalised in mainstream sources.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1697\" style=\"width: 577px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1697\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1697 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2018\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers_AfroAmerican_frontpage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2018\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers_AfroAmerican_frontpage.png 567w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2018\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers_AfroAmerican_frontpage-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of front page of The Afro-American, 12th December 1964.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This resource allows you to examine major movements from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights; examine the diversity of stances during the civil rights movement, including: endorsements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X, and the debate about integration and the Negro Baseball Leagues; follow the crusade against racially restrictive housing covenants; find obituaries and coverage of community events; access thorough coverage of international events, such as apartheid in South Africa and Stephen Biko&#8217;s Nobel Peace prize nomination, often overlooked by other newspapers and generally explore everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Access <strong>Black Newspaper Collection <\/strong>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>e-resources trials<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Access is available until 28th March 2018.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trial-feedback-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feedback welcome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also currently have trial access to <a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2018\/02\/07\/on-trial-african-american-newspapers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2<\/strong><\/a> from Readex. Trial ends 8th March 2018.<\/p>\n<p>You can access all the online newspaper archives already available at the Library via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/database-newspapers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Newspapers &amp; Magazines database list<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Access is only available to current students and staff at University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling \u2013 Academic Support Librarian for History, Classics and Archaeology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*The Library now has access to all titles in the Black Newspaper Collection until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.* Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library has trial access to the Black Newspaper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2018\/02\/26\/on-trial-black-newspaper-collection\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,4,164,13],"tags":[119,138,106,133,7,6,18,17,65,49],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7dF2q-rf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3911,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/3911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}