DPLA has launched The Banned Book Club to ensure that all readers have access to the books they want to read. The Banned Book Club makes e-book versions of banned books available to readers nationwide via the free Palace e-reader app.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Fannie Lou Hamer and the Civil Rights Movement in Rural Mississippi

Second Ku Klux Klan and The Birth of a Nation

John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

The Equal Rights Amendment

The Invention of the Telephone

The Hudson River School

The Scopes Trial

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Race to the Moon

A History of US Public Libraries

Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

From Colonialism to Tourism: Maps in American Culture

American Empire

In Focus: The Evolution of the Personal Camera

Education

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Education Guide

Educators and students explore our Primary Source Sets to discover history and culture through primary sources and ideas for classroom use. 

The Education Guide to DPLA

Family Research

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Genealogists use our search tools to find free materials for their family history research projects. 

The Family Research Guide to DPLA

Lifelong Learning

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Lifelong learners enjoy browsing by topic and viewing Online Exhibitions to learn more about their interests.

The Guide to Lifelong Learning with DPLA

Scholarly Research

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Scholarly researchers use DPLA to find open access sources from archives across the country through a single portal.

The Scholarly Research Guide to DPLA

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