A primary source is first-hand information (for example, a personal account of the civil rights movement).
A secondary source is one that examines information based on primary sources (for example, a book that compiles and analyzes the experiences of people who lived through the civil rights movement).
To learn more about the difference between primary sources and secondary sources try the following link.
Many primary sources are available online. Please see the following lists for primary source repositories that cover world, American, regional, and local history.
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.
The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
Women's writings from the Colonial period to 1950. Includes writings by Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea L. Dix, Julia Ward Howe, and more.
3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers.
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