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Theological Commons

The Theological Commons is a digital library of over 150,000 resources on theology and religion. Developed in partnership with the Internet Archive, it contains books, journals, audio recordings, photographs, manuscripts, and other formats dating from 975 C.E. to the present. An green padlock icon that indicates that the resource is free and open to all library patrons.

WPA and the Slave Narrative Collection

The Slave Narrative Collection, a group of autobiographical accounts of former slaves, today stands as one of the most enduring and noteworthy achievements of the WPA, Compiled in seventeen states during the years 1936-38, the collection consists of more than two thousand interviews with former slaves, most of them first-person accounts of slave life and the respondents' own reactions to bondage.

Oklahoma Digital Prairie

Oklahoma Digital Prairie provides visitors unique digital content spanning more than 100 years of rich, vibrant history from the 46th State. The resource areas include documents, photographs, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters, maps, and audio/visual content. Content ranges from the late 1800s to the present day.

Lynching in America

The Equal Justice Initiative has created an interactive experience inspired by the original Lynching in America report. This project tells the story of racial terror in America and explores how its legacy continues to shape our nation today. The Lynching in America project includes audio stories from generations affected by lynching, an interactive map on the impact of lynching, and more.

ACT UP Oral History Project

The ACT UP Oral History Project is a collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York. ACT UP, founded in March of 1987, is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals, united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis.