The Black Middle Class Needs Attention Too
2020
Read excerpts and view charts from a report on the state of the Black middle class.
Diversity in Contemporary Black Communities
by Mamadi Corra
Learn more about shifts in the foreign-born Black population and its consequent impacts on the diversity of African Americans today.
The First Age of Reform
by Ronald G. Walters
Learn more about the debates related to colonization in the context of other antebellum reform movements.
African American Naming Conventions
by Claude A. Clegg III
Understand changes in nomenclature in the African diaspora.
The Growing Diversity of Black America
2021
Explore changing demographics in the Black population over the course of the twenty-first century.
Slavery and Freedom in Brazil
by Keila Grinberg
Explore the pervasive impact of slavery in Brazil, and the long fight to abolish the system of enslavement.
Both Black and Disabled: Intersectional Experiences
by Jenifer L. Barclay
Explore the history of stigmatization of, and resiliency among, Black disabled people in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Legislating Reproduction and Racial Difference
from Women and the American Story, The New York Historical
Take a deep dive into the legal doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem.
Black is Beautiful: “Something to Behold ... Something One Could Do”
by Elizabeth Carmel Hamilton
Learn more about the works of Betye Saar, Elizabeth Catlett, and Toni Morrison in the context of Black is Beautiful.
Mary Ellen Pleasant, Freedom-Fighting Entrepreneur
by Lynn M. Hudson
An introduction to Mary Ellen Pleasant, an abolitionist and businesswoman who flourished on the East and West Coasts.
Black Women in Entrepreneurship
by Andrea Smith-Hunter
Learn about the challenges and opportunities Black women entrepreneurs face, from financial barriers to networking, mentorship, and growth.
Garnet’s Address in Context
by Jake Alspaugh
Understand the origins of Garnet’s speech.
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