A Raisin in the Sun: Resources

A wonderful online encyclopedia created by the Chicago History Museum, Northwestern University, and the Newberry Library. This link leads to the general entry on the history of African Americans in Chicago. Follow the cross-reference hyperlinks to related articles, such as one about the South Side or the Chicago Black Renaissance. At the top of the page there is a "See Also" tab with suggestions for related entries, or you can simply search for what you are looking for.

Tells the history of Chicago's African-American community through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists, politicians, and business leaders.
This website from WTTW, Chicago's PBS station, provides primary source images, interviews, and quizzes in an interactive experience that honors the rich legacy of Chicago’s Black Metropolis.

A database full of images related to history, the sciences, current events, and more. ImageQuest credits the owner or publisher for every image and will even create the MLA or APA-style citation for you, saving time over a Google Image search.

A collection of primary source photographs, footage, documents, and interviews from museums and news corporations across the country. Use the menu on the left side to search by Media Type for news footage, letters, etc. Or find all sources related to a particular famous day or event.

An article from U.S. History Scene on the creation and legacy of the Levitt family's planned suburban communities of the 1950s.

On online exhibition that documents events during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. This exhibition uses primary sources, including thousands of personal stories, oral histories, and photographs collected by the “Voices of Civil Rights” project at the Library of Congress.

An easy-to-use reference database -- a great alternative to Wikipedia! Simply search by person's name, event, or topic: "booker t washington", "brown v board of education", "great migration", etc.

A database full of images related to history, the sciences, current events, and more. ImageQuest credits the owner or publisher for every image and will even create the MLA or APA-style citation for you, saving time over a Google Image search.

A source for primary sources -- every issue ever published by the New York Times, going back to 1851. Before you search, try narrowing down by decade (1910s, for example) under Advanced Search to get the most relevant results. If you are looking for primary source news articles about a particular event, you can choose to see only articles published on a specific day or in a particular week.