Newspaper Articles
This project capitalizes on the discovery of written works by African American women of the Civil War era. These works provide us with reading material for enlightenment and enjoyment. In addition to the full text of each author's works, the project provides images, biographical information, historic newspaper articles, and secondary material.
“Historic Newspaper Articles” links to the full text of historic newspaper articles written about the authors, including book reviews, obituaries, death notices, news items, association activities, reviews of speeches, and more. These offer further context for the lives of the authors by highlighting their intellectual activities, community activism, and professional achievements. The articles also provide glimpses of how the authors were perceived by their contemporaries. Each article page includes a brief summary. All the newspaper articles are retrieved from Chronicling America, the historic newspaper database of the Library of Congress. When a newspaper article is accessed using Chronicling America, a search box is available that permits a full-text search of the entire database. Chronicling America continues to grow; thus, additional articles pertaining to the authors may be available.