AP African American Studies Resource Archive

AP African American Studies Resource Library

A bird's-eye-view map of Memphis, Tennessee, with riverboats in the Mississippi River foreground

The Memphis Sound

with Charles Hughes

Learn how Memphis became a major cultural and musical hub.

  • Video
A black-and-white photograph of Willie O'Ree, a Black man, coming off the ice wearing a white Boston Bruins uniform.

The Desegregation of Hockey

with George and Darril Fosty

Learn about the path toward Willie O’Ree breaking the color barrier in the National Hockey League.

  • Video
Black men and women laying on the ground and standing (those standing holding tools, such as washboards and basins and an axe) in front of Union soldiers in uniform, themselves in front of a house.

Civil War “Contrabands”

1861–1865

View two photographs of self-emancipated people described as “contrabands” of the Union Army during the Civil War.

  • Primary Source
A color photograph of the hallway of Harvard Law School's library, flanked on either side by columns and bookshelves.

From the NBA to Assistant DA

with Len Elmore

Learn about a unique path from the NBA, to Harvard Law School, to the legal profession, in this interview.

  • Video

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