Black Legislators of Washington State: Research Links

Links to all the African American newspapers digitized so far by the Library of Congress' Chronicling America project.

From the University of Washington Special Collections Library.

Research, oral histories, newspaper reports, photographic collections, and more from The Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project at the University of Washington.

Online repository of materials on African American history, including an online encyclopedia, speech transcripts, and full-text primary documents.

A list of results for essays on Black Americans found in Historylink, the Free Encyclopedia of Washington State History.

Resources and exhibits, courtesy of the museum located in Seattle's historic Central District.

Digitized versions of many Washington newspapers, including Black community papers, The Seattle Republican, and Cayton's Weekly.

The Commission examines and defines issues pertaining to the rights and needs of African Americans and makes recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature and state agencies for changes in state programs and laws.

A fairly comprehensive list of black community newspapers in our state. Most of these papers are on microfilm and are available through interlibrary loan via the State Library.