Rice Fanner Basket
pre-1863
View this artifact of rice cultivation by enslaved people on the South Carolina coast.
“Our Claims Are on America”
1828
Read this excerpt from an oration by Thomas Jennings on Black identity.
“How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping”
1900
Read Nannie Helen Burroughs’s address casting light on the importance of women organizing in Black institutions.
“Treatment of Slaves on Lloyd’s Plantation”
1855
Read Frederick Douglass’s recollection of plantation life in Maryland from his second autobiography.
Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics
with Anastasia C. Curwood
Learn more about Chisholm’s life and career.
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