The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
with Jeanne Theoharis
Learn how examining Rosa Parks’s life challenges perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement.
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America
with Keisha N. Blain
Explore Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and civil rights organizing career.
“What Is Slavery?”
with Brenda Stevenson
Explore how the globalization of trade propelled the business of slavery.
Food Deserts and the Rise of Fast Food
with Marcia Chatelain
Learn about the movement of fast food into predominantly African American neighborhoods and its connection to the larger issue of food deserts.
The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama
with Claude A. Clegg III
Take a deep dive into the political context of the Obama presidency.
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley
with David Waldstreicher
Explore the life of this Black, female poet who published a book of poems while enslaved, and learn about the reactions to her work at the time.
The Life of Malcolm X
with Tamara Payne
Examine previously unknown aspects of Malcolm X’s life.
The South Carolina Secession Ordinance
by Charles Dew
Watch a discussion of how the Secession Ordinance led directly to the Civil War.
On Juneteenth
with Annette Gordon-Reed and Edward L. Ayers
Examine the story of Juneteenth, celebrating the end of slavery in the US, specifically in Texas–June 19, 1865.
“The Revolution Is at Hand”
1963
Read the draft of John Lewis’s original planned speech for the March on Washington.
South Carolina Slave Code
1740
Read excerpts from this slave code enacted in a British colony.
“Statement of Policy Regarding Negro Blood Donors”
1942
View an impact of Jim Crow segregation on medical care during World War II.
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