Digital Resources

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of materials related to Dr. Kelly Miller. Provided below is a link to the home page for each relevant digital collection along with selected highlights.

African American Perspectives

African American Perspectives: Materials Selected from the Rare Book Collection
This collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, with the bulk of the material published between 1875 and 1900. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Benjamin W. Arnett, Alexander Crummell, and Emanuel Love. Booker T. Washington is the author of ten items in the collection.

Selected highlights from this collection:

Printed Ephemera

Printed Ephemera: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera Collection
The collection comprises 28,000 primary source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present and encompassing key events and eras in American history

Selected highlight from this collection:

... The effect of imperialism upon the negro race. Ably set out by a colored man. (Written by Kelly Miller, professor of mathematics in Howard University, Washington, D. C. for the Springfield Republican. Boston, Mass. Published by the N. E. Ant

Related Digital Resources at the Library

African American History Month

The monthly portals highlights the Library's own collections and events, they also represent a collaboration with other federal cultural heritage institutions to feature relevant materials from their institutions. Partners in the past have included the National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

African American History Month Portal
In celebration of African-American History Month, this Web site highlights the many resources on African-American history and culture available from the extensive online collections of the Library of Congress.

Related Research Guides

African American History Online: A Resource Guide
Over 400 years of the African American experience is documented through primary source materials at the Library of Congress. This guide provides access to digitized collections, search strategies, and external websites related to the topic.
Civil Rights Resource Guide
This guide compiles links to civil rights resources throughout the Library of Congress Web site and beyond.

Resources for Teachers

The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.

Lesson Plan: African American Identity in the Gilded Age: Two Unreconciled Strivings
Students examine the tension experienced by African Americans as they struggled to establish a vibrant and meaningful identity based on the promises of liberty and equality in the midst of a society that was ambivalent towards them and sought to impose an inferior definition upon them.
Lesson Plan: Segregation: From Jim Crow To Linda Brown
Students explore the era of legalized segregation. This lesson provides a foundation for a more meaningful understanding of the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Today in History

Today in History is a Library of Congress presentation of historic events illuminated by items from the Library’s Digital Collections. Each essay offers search tips and links selected to encourage users to dive more deeply into the Library’s growing digital collections.

November 20
On November 20, 1866, ten members of the First Congregational Society of Washington, D.C., gathered in the home of Deacon Henry Brewster for a missionary meeting. While there, they resolved to establish a seminary for the training of African-American clergymen. By early 1867, the founders had broadened their mission to encompass colleges of liberal arts and medicine. Howard University was incorporated on March 2, 1867, and accepted its first students the following May. Its founders envisioned the institution as a resource for educating and training black physicians, teachers, and ministers from the nearly four million recently emancipated slaves.
[Dr. Kelly Miller earned his Ph. D. in Mathematics and was appointed a professor at Howard University in 1890.]

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