History Month - Calcasieu Parish Public Library

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General History
- Resources and Websites
  - Begin your exploration with:
    - General OneFile
    - Calcasieu 1 Search
  - Find it in the Library Catalog
  - Biography eBook Collection
  - Biography Reference Center
  - Expand your family tree search with Heritage Quest (inside library or remote access)
  - historical Newspapers (in-house access) contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s"
  - With America's GenealogyBank Historical Newspapers (Newsbank), you can view current events and special reports
  - History Geo.com - browse original landowners of the continental U.S. according to state and federal records, and antique maps and atlases. (inside library access only)
  - Louisiana Digital Library
  - Smithsonian
  - OverDrive collection (eBooks, etc.)
  - hoopla collection (eBooks, etc.)
  - Freading collection (eBooks)

Black History
- Resources & Websites
  Resources and Websites
  - Begin your exploration with:
    - General OneFile
    - Calcasieu 1 Search
  - Library Catalog: African American History or Black History
  - African American Heritage (inside library link or remote access)
  - Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality (ProQuest)
  - Biography eBook Collection
  - Biography Reference Center
  - Fold3 - sources include Federal Court case documents, Regiment Records, manuscripts, Civil War Service Records, and more.
  - LPB Learning Media
  - White House Proclamation - Jan. 29, 2016
  - White House Proclamation - Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday - Jan. 13, 2017
  - Introduction to Juneteenth - created by Elizabeth Jean Brumfield, Distance Services Librarian, at John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University.
  - eBooks - OverDrive
  - eBooks, audiobooks, movies, etc. - hoopla
  - eBooks - Freading
  - Documentaries/films that matter - Kanopy
  View our Calendar of Events for upcoming scheduled programs honoring this month.

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