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Founded by William Alexander Scott II, this African-American newspaper includes first-hand coverage of the Scottsboro Case, which would result in two landmark supreme court cases (Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama).

Border and Migration Studies Online includes hundreds of hours of video, thousands of images, and hundreds of thousands of pages of text surrounding issues related to border(land) and migration studies. The resources are from a variety of perspectives as well as historical contexts and address areas such as history, law, politics, diplomacy, area and global studies, anthropology, medicine, the arts, and more. Materials were selected and organized by an international board of scholars and focus around themes such as border identities, border enforcement and control, border disputes, and human trafficking.
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Founded by Robert S. Abbott in 1905, this African-American newspaper includes coverage and support of the Great Migration, The Red Summer race riots of 1919, and editorialized for antilynching legislation and the integration of blacks into the U.S. military.

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) contains a collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. The HSDL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
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Frank L. Stanley, Sr. was the senior editor and publisher of the Louisville Defender for 38 years. This African-American newspaper includes first-hand coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr, desegregation, equal job opportunities, and local civil rights leader protests. Frank L. Stanley, Sr., was senior editor and publisher for the paper for 38 years.

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Founded in 1909 by James Henry Anderson with a 10-dollar investment, this African-American newspaper covered the cultural impact of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, spoke for the desegregation of the U.S. military during World War II, and fought against civil rights abuses in the 1960s. Contributors to the paper included W. E. B. DuBois, Roy Wilkins, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Malcolm X.

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Founder by Christopher James Perry in 1884, The Philadelphia Tribune‎ is the oldest continuously published daily African-American newspaper in the United States. This newspaper fought against segregation and tackled issues like the race riots in Pennsylvania.

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This African-American newspaper, founded by Edwin Nathaniel Harleston in 1907, advocated expanding medical facilities in Pittsburgh’s black communities and led the “Double V” campaign during World War II that demanded equal rights for African-American soldiers fighting overseas.

Collection indexes primary records of administrative and public responses to serious disease outbreaks in American History, from 1736-1923, covering Colonial America through the First World War.
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SAGE Research Methods Online is a comprehensive resource for gathering information and assistance on research methodologies, from basic terminology to complex interactive maps depicting the relationships among different types of research methods. Access hundreds of online handbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias, the entire "Little Green Book" and "Little Blue Book," journal articles, instructional videos, podcasts, and interactive research methods tools.

SCOPUS provides scholarly and peer-reviewed articles in the natural sciences and social sciences, as well as business and management. For access, click the building icon in the upper right corner and enter "university of texas at dallas" when prompted for organization or email.
This collection offers full-text coverage of content relevant to sustainability initiative management. It is designed for sustainability experts and information professionals and covers topics such as corporate social responsibility, environmental stewardship, and governmental regulations.
The Women’s Suffrage Collection includes full text of historical documents, newspapers, and books related to the struggle for women’s suffrage, women’s rights, and the temperance movement dating from roughly 1812 through 1920.

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