Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience

The Greenwood Library is a Charter Subscriber to the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, an online resource developed collaboratively by Proquest Information and Learning, Howard Dodson, Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library, and Colin Palmer, Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University and Managing Editor of the project. The Schomburg Studies database chronicles the African experience in the Americas through scholarly essays, key research, primary sources, timelines, video clips and images. The essays cover multidisciplinary topics such as black women’s studies, religion, black cinema, the black press, African-American labor history, slavery, and sexuality. As a Charter Subscriber, the Library also has access to the International Index of Black Periodicals Full Text, covering cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues related to Black Studies in scholarly journals and newsletters from the U.S., Africa and the Caribbean.