How do we find Primary sources for a group that is historically marginalized?
Or a group that, for its own safety, has historical made efforts to go unseen?
How do we search primary sources when the terminology & language used to describe the group has been historically controlled by external, often hostile, groups?
What language will we use to find sources, and where will we look?
Who made the source? Why? How will this shape our use of the source?
In small groups, look at the first searched below. They were all conducted in the Chronicling America database, with the results limited to newspapers from: Alabama ; Arkansas ; Florida ; Georgia ; Kentucky ; Louisiana ; Mississippi ; Missouri ; North Carolina ; South Carolina ; Tennessee ; Virginia ; West Virginia
In your group, consider these questions:
