Our thanks are due to Katrina Zarelli who interned with us in fall 2017 and created the first version of this help guide. Elements of her work have been carried over into this, the second, version of the Civil Rights in Florida help guide. We are happy to report that Kat is working towards her Masters in Library Science!
| Books | DVDs |
| Anatomy of a Lynching McGovern, James R. and Manfred Berg HV6465 .F6 M35 1992 |
Crossing in St. Augustine Young, Andrew and C.B. Hackworth DVD F319 .S2 C76 2010 |
| The Beast in Florida Dunn, Marvin E185.61 .D895 2013 |
Dare Not Walk Alone Dean, Jeremy DVD F319 .S2 D37 2008 |
| Before His Time Green, Ben E185.97 .M79 G74 2005 |
Freedom Never Dies Dickson, Sandra DVD E185.97 .M66 F74 2007 |
| Beyond Integration Butler, J. Michael E185.93 .F5 B88 2016 |
The Other Side of Silence: The Untold Story of Ruby McCollum Johnson, Claudia Hunter DVD HV6248 .M17 O84 2011 |
| Black Freedom, White Resistance, and Red Menace Katagiri, Yasuhiro E185.61 .K349 2014 |
Second Crossing Young, Andrew and C.B. Hackworth DVD F319 .S2 C767 2011 |
| Blacks and Social Change Button, James W. E185.92 B88 1989 |
You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South Vision Films and Cloverland Productions DVD HV6248 .M17 Y68 2015 |
| Bridging the Gap Saunders, Robert W. E185.93 .F5 S28 2000 |
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| The Cana Sanctuary Marotti, Frank F319 .S2 M37 2012 |
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| Confronting Racial Isolation in Miami: A Report of the United Commission on Civil Rights U.S. Commission on Civil Rights F319 .M6 U54 1982 |
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| Devil in the Grove King, Gilbert KF224 .G76 K56 2012 |
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| The Economic Civil Rights Movement Ezra, Michael E185.5 .E33 2013 |
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| Emancipation Betrayed Ortiz, Paul E185.93 .F5 O78 2005 |
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| Florida's Freedom Struggle: The Black Experience from Colonial Times to the New Millennium Winsboro, Irvin D.S. E185.93 .F5 F56 2010 |
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| Freedom in the Family Due, Tananarive and Patricia Stephens Due E185.97 .D76 D84 2004 |
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| If It Takes All Summer Warren, Dan R. F319.2 .S2 W365 2008 |
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| The Invisible Empire Newton, Michael HS2330 .K63 N48 2001 |
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| Jacksonville Crooks, James B. F319 .J1 C765 2004 |
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| Old South, New South, Down South? Winsboro, Irvin D.S. E185.93 F5 O43 2009 |
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| South of the South Mohl, Raymond A., et al. F319 .M6 M75 2005 |
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| St. Augustine, Florida, 1963-1964 Garrow, David J. and David R. Colburn F319.S2 S15 1989 |
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| The Struggle for Black Freedom in Miami Cloud, Abigail and Chanelle Nyree Rose F319 .M6 R76 2015 |
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| Victory after the Fall Mathews, H.K. and J. Michael Butler F316.23 .M38 A3 2007 |
This is an alphabetical list of the databases most useful for researching Florida Civil Rights history.
African American Newspapers (1827-1998):
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No
American Periodical Series:
American Periodicals Series includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No
History Vault:
Primary source collection that includes government, organizational, and personal files covering the history of African-Americans in the United States between 1910 to the early 1980’s. FBI files and NAACP files are included.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No
Chicago Manual of Style:
This has the complete text of the Chicago Manual of Style. Both the Table of Contents and the Index are hyperlinked, allowing you to move from one section to another.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine:
A digital archive of primary source materials that document the history of St. Augustine’s civil rights movement.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: Yes
Global Newsstream:
Contains The New York Times from 1999 to the present and 500 national and international newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present and 13 Florida newspapers.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No
Issues & Controversies:
Information on current topics, with analysis and explanations of opposing points of view. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information are included.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No
JSTOR:
Our only database dedicated solely to scholarly literature with articles in the fields of history, political science, archaeology, art history, anthropology, literature and languages, music, and more; however, JSTOR usually is unable to provide access to the most recently published articles.
Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes
New York Times 1851 – Present:
Create an account using your Flagler email address and enjoy access to the entirety of the New York Times from 1851 to today. PLEASE NOTE: At this time, access to articles from the date range 1923 to 1980 is limited is limited to 5 articles per day per user.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No
NewsBank Access World News:
Includes full text access to major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles as well as newswires, blogs, web-only content, videos, journals, magazines, transcripts and more.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: Yes
WorldCat:
A powerful database that includes the book collections of over 70,000 libraries in the world. Most useful as pre-research to doing an Inter-Library Loan request.
Has Peer Reviewed: No
Searchable in Discovery: No