Black Studies Center is a complete, one-stop research solution offering rich primary and secondary sources, including:

• Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience—These exclusive studies from leading scholars are the product of a partnership between ProQuest and the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This collection features commissioned essays from leading Black Studies scholars with links to full-text key resources, images, newsreel footage, and more.
• The Chicago Defender full-text, 1910-1975—Presented in full text and full page image, the Chicago Defender archive provides unique insight and perspective into events that shaped the African American experience in the United States, through the Depression era, both World Wars, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and the entirety of the 20th century civil rights movement.
• International Index to Black Periodicals-Full Text (IIBP-FT)—This comprehensive, scholarly resource offers more than 100  full-text titles, coverage of 262 titles, and an unmatched citation backfile from 1902 to present, covering Black periodicals from North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. The Marshall Index is also included.
• Black Literature Index: A renowned source for Black literary heritage—Contains more than 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry, and literary reviews published in 110 Black periodicals and newspapers between 1827-1940. Includes direct links to full-text content from the Chicago Defender.