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Source: Library of Congress Blog

5-19-14

The Library of Congress Civil Rights History Project

by Mark Hartsell

The database, the first of its kind, makes available to researchers information about civil rights oral-history collections at public libraries, museums, universities and historical societies in 49 states and the District of Columbia.

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The Library of Congress Civil Rights History Project

by Mark Hartsell