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American Memory
The American Memory digital collection at the Library of Congress is a comprehensive source of primary materials on every aspect of American history.

Calisphere
Calisphere is a large collection of digital resources on California history based on the primary sources of the collections at the University of California Library System
The Green Book ( Jim Crow and Historical Thinking)
The full title of the book is The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide and was first published in 1936. The book was printed every year after that until 1966.
The American Folklife Center
The everyday and intimate creativity that all of us share and pass on to the next generation:
The traditional songs we sing, listen and dance to
Fairy tales, stories, ghost tales and personal histories
Riddles, proverbs, figures of speech, jokes and special ways of speaking
Our childhood games and rhymes

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