Free Black Organizations and Institutions
with Carla L. Peterson
Learn how free Black people established mutual aid societies and other institutions.
Free Black Neighborhoods Post-Emancipation
with Carla L. Peterson
Take a closer look at how free Black communities evolved after the Emancipation Proclamation and the Reconstruction Amendments.
The Black Campus Movement and African American Studies
with Clarence Taylor
Explore how the field of African American Studies evolved and the first university departments in the field were formed.
The National Urban League and the Great Migration
with Marc H. Morial
Learn more about the impact of the National Urban League over its more than 100-year history.
Nonviolent Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement
by Robert Greene II
Learn more about nonviolent tactics and campaigns during the Civil Rights Movement.
Black Women’s Activism in Free Black Communities
with Carla L. Peterson
Learn how Black women such as Maria W. Stewart and Sojourner Truth organized for their communities.
“Preamble and Articles of Association of Free African Society”
1787
Explore the founding document of Philadelphia's Free African Society, only the second Black mutual aid society in the country.
Black Feminism: A History of Theory and Activism
by Dayo F. Gore
Learn more about the Combahee River Collective and other groups and individuals involved in shaping Black feminism in the twentieth century.
Black Internationalism and the Expansive Meanings of Freedom
by Merve Fejzula
Learn more about how those in the Black Freedom struggle came together across the African continent and diaspora in the 1930s through the 1970s.
“Negroes Who Obtained Freedom”
1781
Read a plea from free Black people in Philadelphia to protect their freedom.
Emancipation: Separating Myth from Fact
with Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie
Break down common misconceptions about the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment in this video.
Freedom Days in American History
with Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie
Learn more about the long history of celebrating emancipation, from January 1, to August 1, to Juneteenth.
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