African Americans and the Making of Liberia
by Claude A. Clegg III
Explore the founding of Liberia and the impact of the colonization movement.
Mutual Assistance: Building Black Community Life in Freedom
by Lois E. Horton
Take a closer look at the history of mutual aid society and their activity in Free Black communities.
Phillis Wheatley, a “Genius in Bondage”
by Vincent Carretta
Explore the life, career, and legacy of the poet who was the first person of sub-Saharan African descent to publish a book.
The Development of Slavery in the Early Modern Atlantic World
by Michael Guasco
Learn about global systems of slavery in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.
Jackie Robinson
with Jason Butler, Taína Quiñones, and Sandra Trenholm
Explore a comic book about Jackie Robinson’s rookie year and letters written by Richard Nixon and Robert Kennedy to Jackie Robinson about the Civil Rights Movement.
The Life and Work of Phillis Wheatley
with Krystal Mackie, Jeanette Providence, and Sandra Trenholm
Discover the eighteenth-century poet who was enslaved, became free, and built a lasting legacy.
The Union Army and Juneteenth
1865
Learn more about the origins of Juneteenth through this print.
Painting Independence in Boston: Prince Demah
by Jennifer Van Horn
Learn more about an enslaved artist during the American Revolution.
Shaping the Public Imagination: The Sculpture of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
by Chenoa Baker
Read about the life and art of Fuller and some of her more famous pieces.
Laura Wheeler Waring: A Luminous Palette
by Cherene Sherrard-Johnson
Learn more about Laura Wheeler Waring’s portraiture, highlighting her luminous palette and contributions to African American art history.
The Cubist Collage Aesthetic and the Historical Narratives of Jacob Lawrence
by Patricia Hills
Read more about Jacob Lawrence’s use of cubist collage aesthetics to depict historical narratives in his artwork.
A Founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist
with Michael Thurmond
Learn how James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, helped to secure Ayuba bin Suleiman Diallo’s freedom.
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