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  ProQuest Historical Database

Searchable full-text and page images from the Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942), the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Boston Globe (1872-1926), Chicago Defender (1905-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), the Guardian & Observer (1791-2003), the Hartford Courant (1764-1984), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2006), New York Tribune (1841-1922), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), the San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Wall Street Journal (1889-1992), Washington Post (1877-1993), ProQuest Civil War Era database including New York Herald (1840-1865) and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940.

Availability:    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Science, Industry and Business Library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Subjects:    African American Studies; American Studies; Area and Cultural Studies; Genealogy; General Interest Periodicals; History; History & Social Sciences; New York, NY; Newspapers; Performing Arts; Reference

Resource Types:    Full-text databases; Image databases; Newspapers and Magazines

Dates of Coverage:  1740-2006

Output Type:  Download,Print,Email

Provider:   ProQuest Information and Learning

Format:  Web

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