LibGuides: HISTORY 495S/496S: Honors Thesis Seminar 2024/25: Topic: Reagan to 9/11: Impacts on American Muslim Communities

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Sean Swanick, Librarian for Middle East, North Africa, and Islamic Studies, sean.swanick@duke.edu

Kelley Lawton, Librarian for United States History, kelley.lawton@duke.edu

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September 11, 2001 Web Archive - Library of Congress: Provides access to web pages and sites from individuals, groups, organizations, and more, both national and international, which focus on the aftermath of 9/11. The collection encompasses pages and sites from 9/11/2001 to 12/1/2001 and 9/9/2022 to 9/23/2002.
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- DMV Community Resistance Archives (collaboration between Muslims for Just Futures, the Johns Hopkins Program in Islamic Studies, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Social Concern): Interviews, geographically-focused on DC, Maryland, and Virginia, included in this archive were conducted by students enrolled in a course which came out of this collaboration.
- September 11, 2001 Oral History Narrative and Memory Project (Columbia University)
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Index of Arab American Archives: Gateway to collections of Arab American histories, including those of Muslim communities, across the United States.

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