L. Zangrando's Manuscript Sources For The Twentieth Century

Just as Fairclough asserts there exist documents that have rarely received scholarly attention, other scholars and archivist present information on where to obtain access to these rare documents. Known scholar of the civil rights movement, Robert L. Zangrando, outlines who, what, where, and why to guide to research material in his article “Manuscript Sources for the Twentieth-century Civil Rights Research.” He argues that “Research, teaching, and publication about the civil rights of black Americans in the twentieth century have preceded at an extraordinary pace since the 1950s. The pace can be explained by the intersection of social and professional development.” He credits this to the increased national awareness of racial issues; three generations of scholars provide academic validation; archivists and …show more content…
Zangrando outlines the who’s who of the civil rights movement, listing individual activists, organizations, politicians, and government agencies by providing their position, and contribution towards the movement. He outlines what is stored in the archives, provides an extensive list of where to locate the research material, and why particular material required storage and archived for future access. Zangrando’s article provides an addition tool for future scholars, activists, instructors, and teachers to obtain and review the history of the civil rights movement. Another article providing location and access to research material comes from Walter B. Hill’s Jr., article “Researching Civil Rights History in the 21st Century.” Hill initially provides an analysis of the movement, although it is an abridge version as compared