African American Resources for Alaska
Archives and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Consortium Library
University of Alaska Anchorage /Alaska Pacific University
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 786-1848
Hours & Ask A Librarian
History Local[edit | edit source]
- Guide to the George T. Harper papers 1803-2004 (Consortium Library) George T. Harper researched the history of African Americans in Alaska.
- Building the Alaska Highway: Men Who Built the Alaska Highway (PBS)
- Griggs, William, E. The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic History. University of Mississippi Press, 2002
Pre-Civil War records
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Civil War Records
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Post-Civil War
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- After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. [1]
Reconstruction Era (1868-1878)[edit | edit source]
Jim Crow Era (1859-1959)[edit | edit source]
Biographies
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- Guide to the E. Louis Overstreet papers 1972, 1981-1993 (Consortium Library)
Military
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World War II[edit | edit source]
- Highway History: The Road to Civil Rights: World War II - The Alaska Highway (US Department of Transportation)
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
AAHS of Alaska
P. O. Box 143105
Anchorage, Alaska 99514-3105
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Black History in Alaska
- Alaska's Cultures: African American / Blacks
- ↑ Curtis, Nancy C. Black Heritage Sites: The South. The New Press, 1996, see page 31.