Information from Non-Dominant Perspectives

Find citations to articles from alternative, radical, and left publications, 1991-present, covering racial and gender issues, gay and lesbian studies, labor, and more.

Find full text of non-fiction published works of leading African Americans, interviews, journal articles, and other material of 20th century topics, including politics, religion, history, and sports.

Find fiction, poetry, and other works by women from Africa and the African Diaspora.

Online content of the Chicago Defender which became the most influential black newspaper in the US within its first 10 years begins in 1909 and goes through 2010. Includes full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue of this newspaper.

Find journal articles, book chapters, and newspapers about Mexican Americans/Chicanos in art, education, health, history, labor, literature, and politics.

Find articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses.

Find citations to articles and book reviews from the social sciences and humanities about Central and South America, Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S.

Digitized primary sources and other collections from Canadian and American institutions, covering the cultural, political, and social history of Native Peoples from the seventeenth into the twentieth century. 

Find books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social, and cultural movements throughout the 20th century and to the present day.