Getting Started
- What are you planning to research for your film project?
- What kinds of sources (format and content) do you hope to find?
Civil Rights Primary Sources
General Digital Archives and Online Media Sources
- University of Louisville's Digital CollectionsIncludes images and other items on Lousiville history.
- Oral History CenterInterviews that document the history of the greater Louisville area and the University of Louisville.
- AP ArchiveIncludes archival news and entertainment footage from the Associated Press
- Creative Commons (CC) SearchSearch for media items with CC licenses
- IncompetechIncludes freely usable audio
- Library of Congress Digital CollectionsIncludes American Memory Video, Historic Sound Recordings, and more
- NYPL Digital CollectionsIncludes images, videos, and more from the New York Public Library
- UofL Digital CollectionsIncludes images, oral histories, and other items on Louisville history
- Wikimedia CommonsIncludes numerous image, sound, and video files for free use
- YouTubeIncludes millions of historic videos
- Google BooksSearch Google's massive full-text library of books and magazines.
- HathiTrust Digital LibrarySearch digitized content from libraries across the world.
