1. Cornish Library Resources
2. Web Resources
Before going on Google or Yahoo try some of these sites to help anchor your search. Get ideas for names, places, events to search later on Google.
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Jacob Lawrence - The Migration of the Negro (panel No.1), 1940-41, casein, tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 inches, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. © Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence.
3. Newspapers
4. Journals and Magazines
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Jet magazine. 1950's back-issues available through Google Books. Jet is a perfect resource for a national overview of popular culture, arts and politics from the perspective of a 100% black owned publication. It is also published in Chicago and includes Chicago news and commentary. |
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Life magazine. 1950's back-issues available through Google Books. Excellent source for overall current events and cultural reporting. Great picture source. |
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Ebony magazine. Unfortunatly, online back-issues for Ebony only go back as far as November 1959, so it may not be as useful for researching life in the 1950's. However, since Raisin in the Sun wasn't produced until 1959, you can still find articles related to the play, the actors, and Lorraine Hansberry in issues from the 1960's and beyond. Published by the same publishing firm as Jet, but with more in-depth articles and more pictorial content. |
Instructions for keyword searching the contents of articles in Jet, Life and Ebony:
When you've linked to each of the magazines above,
click on the Advanced Book Search link at the top of the page.
1. Put your keyword(s) in the box marked
Find results / with all the words ______________.
2. Put the magazine title in the box marked
Title / Return books with the title ______________.
3. Put the range of dates you want to search in the boxes marked
Publication Date / Return content published between Month/Year and Month/Year.
5. Other Libraries
Feel free to talk to a Cornish librarian before visiting other libraries for advice about which library is best for your project.