Researching African American Newspapers from the Civil War and Reconstruction
Bryan Wagner, Professor
English
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2024.
Students will help to produce an annotated bibliography of articles from African American historical newspapers addressing the transition from slavery to freedom.
Role: Students will identify, index, and summarize texts with political, philosophical, historical, and literary importance. Newspapers are available online through the UC Berkeley library proxy. There is no in-person component to this project. Meetings will happen over Zoom, and all research can be carried out remotely.
Qualifications: No required skills. Students with knowledge of French will have the opportunity to work with French language African American newspapers if they are interested.
Hours: to be negotiated
Social Sciences Engineering, Design & Technologies