This year to celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday and Black History Month we present “African American History Materials in the Valdosta State University Archives.” The VSU Archives and Special Collections has a variety of resources to explore African American History:
- Newspapers created by African Americans and Civil Rights Activists
- Writings and Publications by civil rights journalists, one of whom participated in sit ins and freedom rides
- Rare books from the 19th and early 20th century by African American Authors
- Interviews and photographs of South Georgia citizens exploring 20th century race issues as part of our Folklife Collection.
- Bills of Sale for Slaves
- Speeches on Slavery from the mid 1800’s
- Pictures and Stories of one family’s educational history
Check out the display case on the first floor of Odum Library to view a selection of these holdings.
Online Resources from the Archives
- South Georgia Folklife: Freedom Singers and Turpentine
- African American Studies
- Mark Martin Collection
- Joyce Ann Joyce Collection | Joyce Ann Joyce Web Exhibit
- Amalia Amaki
- Songye African Art
- Eichberger East African Art Collection
- VSU Black Student League
- Leonard Long Civil Rights Collection
- Southern Patriot: Civil Rights Newspaper Index
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