“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.”
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.
African American Scientists
with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Learn more about some of the most notable African American scientists and their discoveries, from Benjamin Banneker to Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Hidden History: Jessie McGuire Dent
with Tommie Boudreaux, Samuel Collins III, Diane Henderson, and Faye Williams
Explore McGuire Dent’s role in fighting racial discrimination and organizing the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
Hidden History: African American Women During Reconstruction
with Rebecca Czuchry
Explore responses by Black Texan women to racial violence in the wake of the Civil War.
Beyond the Battlefield: African American Contributions to the Civil War
with Elizabeth R. Varon
Learn more about the men, women, and children who contributed to the war effort through various means.
Sexuality and Slavery: Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas
with Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie Harris
Learn how sexuality was a point of both exploitation and resistance for enslaved people.
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