Warren Hunting Smith Library: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Subject Guide

TOPIC | DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION (DEI)

The Warren Hunting Smith Library contains a wide range of collections devoted to amplifying marginalized voices, identities, and experiences. These perspectives are invaluable to a liberal arts education and contribute to our collective sense of belonging, thriving, and working towards a just world.

Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles

African American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Historic newspaper articles written in Black newspapers across the United States.
Alt-Press-Watch This link opens in a new window
Magazine and newspapers articles from alternative and independent presses from 1970 to the present.
Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
Articles about Asian Studies, including but not limited to China, Japan, Korea, India, and Pakistan.
Chicago Defender (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Digital archive of the Black newspaper, available from 1909-1975.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Articles about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues and culture.
Women's Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Consumer magazines aimed at a female readership through which to interpret multiple aspects of 19th and 20th-century history and culture.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Scholarship in feminist research.

Primary Source Materials

African American Communities This link opens in a new window
Primary sources about Black communities and identity.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment This link opens in a new window
Personal accounts of men and women (including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, native peoples, etc.) from 1534 to 1850.
Everyday Life and Women in America This link opens in a new window
Covering c.1800-1920, primary sources addressing issues including political, social, gender, religion, race, education, marriage, sexuality, and health.
Gender: Identity and Social Change This link opens in a new window
Primary source material for the exploration of gender history.
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America This link opens in a new window
Primary sources about histories and cultures of indigenous peoples of North America.
Indigenous Peoples of North America This link opens in a new window
Primary sources on the political, social, and cultural history of native peoples from the 16th century well into 20th century North America.
Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954 This link opens in a new window
Original manuscript collections from the holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society in New York.
Race Relations in America This link opens in a new window
Primary sources about race relations from 1943-1970.
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice This link opens in a new window
Documents related to the varieties of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social justice perspective, the continued existence of slavery today, etc.
Women and Social Movements This link opens in a new window
The history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1700-2000.

Streaming Video

Asian Film Online This link opens in a new window
Asian culture through the lens of the independent Asian filmmaker: narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts (a subset of AVON).
Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
Documentaries, interviews, and archival footage surveying the black experience (a subset of AVON).
Current Affairs In Video This link opens in a new window
Films and documentaries emphasizing critical political issues (a subset of AVON).
Latin America in Video This link opens in a new window
Original language documentaries about such issues as cultural identity, political history, and human rights (a subset of AVON).
LGBT Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
A cinematic survey of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community. (A subset of AVON).

Ebooks

Black Short Fiction & Folklore This link opens in a new window
Texts of short fiction by writers from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Black Thought & Culture This link opens in a new window
Non-fiction texts (books and periodicals) by Black leaders.
Black Women Writers This link opens in a new window
Literature and essays on feminist issues, written by authors from Africa and the African diaspora, documenting the evolution of black feminism.
North American Indian Thought & Culture This link opens in a new window
Core texts on indigenous culture in American history.

Very Short Introductions

African History: a Very Short Introduction by John Parker; Richard Rathbone
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2007
American Women's History: a Very Short Introduction by Susan Ware
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2015
Identity: a Very Short Introduction by Florian Coulmas
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2019
Multiculturalism: a Very Short Introduction by Ali Rattansi
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2011
Native American Literature: a Very Short Introduction by Sean Teuton
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2018

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