From: ProQuest [mailto:proquestmail99@proquest.com] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:09 PM To: Janice Franklin Subject: Black History Month free access to key databases [cid:image001.jpg@01CCE1DC.F0BA55E0] The ProQuest History Vault free-access links are now working properly. We apologize for the inconvenience. Celebrate Black History Month with free trials of new ProQuest History Vault Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century<http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/4513956:2260123523:m:1:71239638:A070EED45B38C53DABD4463C28A58DE4:r> and other key resources: ProQuest Historical Newspapers™-Black Newspapers<http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/4513957:2260123523:m:1:71239638:A070EED45B38C53DABD4463C28A58DE4:r>, Black Studies Center<http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/4513958:2260123523:m:1:71239638:A070EED45B38C53DABD4463C28A58DE4:r>, and Black Abolitionist Papers<http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/4513959:2260123523:m:1:71239638:A070EED45B38C53DABD4463C28A58DE4:r>. 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