Items available online from the Library of Congress are grouped together in collections, which give the items meaning in a broader context. The following list and groupings are not a comprehensive listing of the Library's holdings — digital or physical — on this subject. Rather, they are a representative sampling of the best of the Library's assets.
Please note: This list represents only selected digital assets available through the Library of Congress Web site. The Library's physical holdings in Washington, D.C., include more than 134 million items, including books, photos, sound recordings, films, maps and manuscripts, many of which are not available online.
Baseball
Civil Rights
- Abraham Lincoln Papers
- The Frederick Douglass Papers
- Voices of Civil Rights Exhibition
- With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board at Fifty Exhibition
Culture
- The African American Experience in Ohio: Selections from the Ohio Historical Society, 1850-1920
- African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship Exhibition
- African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907
- First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920
- The Progress of a People Exhibition
Folklife
- Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
- "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
Military
Music / Performing Arts
- Song of America: Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
- African American Band Music and Recordings, 1883-1923
- African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
- Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
- Katherine Dunham Collection
- "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
- Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
- The Zora Neale Hurston Plays
Religion
Slavery
- Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children, 1908
- The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters by William Still, 1871
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
- First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920
- From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909
- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
- Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
Resource Guides
- Civil Rights Resource Guide
- Primary Documents in American History: Emancipation Proclamation
- Juneteenth
- African American Business Resources
- African American Family Histories
- Afro-American Genealogical Research
- The African American Mosaic: Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture
- African American Sites in the Digital Collections
- African American Women in the Sciences and Related Disciplines
- African American Science Books for Younger Readers
- African Business Guide
- A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials
- A Guide to Materials for Rosa Parks
- Langston Hughes and His Poetry