Afro-American History Uncut

This curated collection from the Occult University Library brings together 269 high-resolution book scans focused on African American history and related American social history up through the 1960s. Spanning firsthand accounts, period scholarship, cultural commentary, and historical documentation, these scans preserve the look and feel of original print sources—margins, typography, illustrations, and all—so researchers can engage with the material as it was actually published. Whether you’re tracing major movements, everyday life, or the shifting language of race and identity across decades, this set is designed to serve as a deep reference library for serious study.

Important content note: this collection includes sensitive and potentially disturbing material. Some books reflect the prejudices of their time and may contain language, claims, or portrayals that are unfriendly, unflattering, or outright racist. These works are not presented as endorsements—they are preserved as artifacts of historical record. Encountering these perspectives can be uncomfortable, but they are part of what scholars must confront when examining how narratives were shaped, who controlled them, and how misinformation and bias circulated in print.

The purpose of this collection is honest historical visibility: to give researchers, students, and dedicated readers access to the full spectrum of published material—both valuable documentation and harmful distortions—so deeper analysis is possible. By providing rare and hard-to-find scans in one organized set, the Occult University Library helps save countless hours of searching while supporting careful, critical reading. If you’re committed to understanding history beyond sanitized summaries—seeing sources in context, comparing viewpoints, and tracking changes over time—this archive offers a powerful foundation for rigorous study.

The Occult University Library

Founded in 2014, the Occult University Library quickly grew into the internet’s largest compendium of strange, forgotten, and hidden knowledge. Unlike other digital collections that rely on sterile text files or re-typed word-processed documents, this archive preserves authentic scanned images of real old and rare books—complete with their original typography, illustrations, and the character of age that makes them unique. This means you are not simply reading someone’s modern interpretation of an old book; you are encountering the work exactly as it was printed, page by page, just as readers did decades or even centuries ago.

The convenience of this library cannot be overstated. With tens of thousands of rare and old books available in just minutes, you can save countless hours of endless searching through secondhand markets or obscure corners of the internet. No more piecing together incomplete PDF transcriptions riddled with errors. Instead, you have an entire archive of actual scanned books at your fingertips, ready for study, research, or creative use on the most interesting and intriguing topics ever known.

Another advantage lies in the fact that virtually all of these volumes are so old that they no longer carry copyright restrictions. The average book is over 100 years old! This opens opportunities not only for personal exploration but also for creative and entrepreneurial ventures. Anyone can take these raw scans, reprint them, bind them into custom editions, and even enhance them with new artwork, annotations, or commentary. For the modern seeker, this means there is both the potential for profit and publication as well as the deeper benefit of accessing hidden wisdom that was once locked away.

The Occult University Library provides both access and empowerment. It is a living resource for readers, collectors, researchers, and entrepreneurs alike, all drawn together by the timeless allure of rare knowledge.