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This video highlights the contents of the Collections and the database's search features.The Collections can be searched by event or time period. The contents can also be searched using keywords. Additionally, you can browse the Collections as they are sub-divided into groups with similar materials.
ProQuest's History Vault contains documents from tumutuous periods in America's history. NCCU Law Library has two collections: the NAACP Papers and the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century.
The NAACP Papers are the result of the digitization of the Organization's archives. This Collection includes internal memos, reports from annual meetings, and other documents from 1901-1972. The documents focus on the major campaigns of the NAACP including school integration, lynching, criminal justice systems, employment, and housing. The Collection also includes major speeches such as an address by Thurgood Marshall following the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
The Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century includes records from Federal agencies like the Department of Justice files and the Federal Bureau of Investigation files. The Collection also includes personal papers from prominent African Americans. These personal accounts document important moments in the civil rights movement, like the March on Washington. This Collection also includes the papers of Mary McLeod Bethune and the Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs.
The papers of Mary McLeod Bethune (pictured above) are a part of the Collection.
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