Diversity & Social Justice

Newspapers chronicle the stories and experiences of the Japanese-American community in internment camps during WWII.

The Archive examines Jewish women's contributions to society in general and to Jewish culture in particular through 330 topical essays and 1,690 biographical entries.

Readers interested in the Indigenous histories of North America and beyond may enjoy exploring Native Land, an ongoing interactive mapping project that attempts to outline ancestral Indigenous territories.

From 1936 to 1966, Victor Green, a postal worker who worked in New Jersey but lived in Harlem, published the directories known today as the Green Book. (The actual titles were variously: The Negro Motorist Green Book; The Negro Travelers' Green Book; The Travelers' Green Book.) These listed hotels, restaurants, beauty salons, nightclubs, bars, gas stations, etc. where Black travelers would be welcome.

Visitors can explore the map by zooming into a particular place and selecting outcomes (e.g. household income) and demographics (e.g. parent income), download raw data and save map views.