African American studies

Specialists

Felicia Smith

Racial Justice and Social Equity Librarian

felicias@stanford.edu

African American studies

Blogs

The data behind "Climate Cash", a Reuters special report. | June 1, 2023

Introducing the KNOW Systemic Racism (KSR) Project | August 31, 2021

Introducing the Black at Stanford Anthology | February 17, 2021

Remembering the Martin Luther King Jr. International Freedom Games | January 12, 2021

Timeline of Stanford community activism added to Activism @ Stanford exhibit | January 6, 2021

Notable collections

KZSU Project South Interviews

Transcripts and audio recordings of interviews with Civil Rights workers in the South recorded by Stanford students during the summer of 1965.
Caricatures of Black Americans : sheet music, 1861-1947

White perceptions of African American as portrayed in the cover illustrations of sheet music.
African-American related sheet music, and sheet music written by African Americans, 1851-1974

Sheet music depicting African Americans, or written by African American composers.
Bob Fitch photography archive

The Bob Fitch photography archive is the complete archive of activist photographer Bob Fitch of Watsonville, California.