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US History Free Primary Sources

This is a guide with links to digital primary sources, mainly archives and other organizational collections.

20th Century

Beyond Busing: Boston School Desegregation Archival Resources

The Boston Public Schools Desegregation Collection is a digital library of scanned archival materials documenting the desegregation of Boston’s public schools. The collection brings together materials from numerous Boston-area institutions and covers the time period beginning with the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and focusing on the Morgan v. Hennigan case (1974) and the court-ordered plan to desegregate the Boston Public Schools (BPS).


Brown v. Board of Education Digital Library

Archive of documents and images telling the story of school integration and Brown v. Board of Education. Mainly focuses on Ann Arbor and northern urban cities but also materials from other areas of the United States.