Black Resource Center: Resources @ Morris Library

This guide identifies manuscript collections, university records and rare books related to African American history and culture in Southern Illinois. The collections include correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, organizational and business records, scrapbooks, research materials, photographs and films, and ephemera, as well as rare books, periodicals, pamphlets, and other printed matter.

Decades before other public universities gave special attention to minorities, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale already had a tradition of access. From the beginning, we opened our doors to all students, no matter what race or ethnic origin. That tradition continues through our scores of programs for recruiting and retaining minority students, our high percent of minority enrollment, and our selection of minority faculty and staff members for important administrative positions. The purpose of this project is to document SIUC's historical commitment to diversity- particularly ethnic and racial diversity.