Black Land Ownership in the Jim Crow Era
with Alison Rose Jefferson and Sandra Trenholm
Explore the history of the Black-owned Eureka Villa housing development in 1920s California.
![A jet of water in a tiled water fountain labeled 'Yemoja" [also known as Yemayá] in a body of water, topped with a white bust of a woman and, above the bust, a dark neon sign reading "The Surprise."](/sites/default/files/styles/card_tall/public/2025-03/YemojaStatue.webp?h=e10800f9&itok=4MWgJ-f2)
“Yemayá”
by Grupo Abbilona
View and listen to an Afro-Cuban example of syncretic religious practices.
“Kathleen Cleaver on Natural Hair”
1968
Learn more about this element of Afrocentric aesthetics and the embrace of “Black is Beautiful.”
“Hey Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean”
ca. 1952
Watch Ruth Brown’s live performance of an early R&B song.
Kongo, Christianity, and the Diaspora
with John K. Thornton
Learn more about Kongolese cultural practices merging with Christianity and evolving across the Atlantic.
Kongo and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
with John K. Thornton
Explore the development and evolution of, and forms of resistance against, the Kongolese-Portuguese slave trade.
Maya Angelou at the Library of Congress
1984
Listen to Maya Angelou read from her work, including her poem “Still I Rise,” and Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask.”
Commonalities and Differences in Maroon Communities
with Ana Lucia Araujo
Understand how maroon communities emerged and sustained themselves across the African diaspora.
The Palmares Quilombo
with Ana Lucia Araujo
Learn more about one of the most significant maroon communities in the Americas.
Christianity and the Kingdom of Kongo
with John K. Thornton
Take a deep dive into Nzinga a Nkuwu (João), Nzinga Mbemba (Afonso), and the Kingdom of Kongo's move to Catholicism.
The Origins and Elements of Hip-Hop
with Jeff Chang
Learn more about the genres, composers, and performers who developed the building blocks for what would become hip-hop.
The Evolution of Hip-Hop and Breakdancing
with Jeff Chang
Explore the development of turntables, sampling, and breakdancing as key elements of hip-hop artistry and culture.
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