Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence
with Kellie Carter Jackson
Explore the history of Black abolitionism in the antebellum period.
City of Refuge
with Marcus P. Nevius
Explore the history of freed peoples in the Great Dismal Swamp and their relationship to maroon communities.
Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
with James Oakes
Understand the evolution of the antislavery interpretation of the Constitution.
Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America
with Kabria Baumgartner
Explore how antebellum Black women became educators and activists, and the story of the first integrated classroom in the US.
Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance
with Mia Bay
Learn more about the impact of Homer Plessy on segregation and discrimination of railroad travel.
The March on Washington
with Bryson Bruce, Jermain Corbin, and Sandra Trenholm
Explore archival materials related to the March on Washington and the ensuing press coverage.
Fighting for the Rights of Black Lives in the Founding Era
with Mandel Holland, Elijah Malcomb, and Sandra Trenholm
Explore the writings of Prince Hall and James Forten.
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
with Jeanne Theoharis
Watch author Jeanne Theoharis discuss Brown v. Board of Education and school desegregation in the North.
Frederick Douglass: From Slavery to Freedom
by Steven Mintz
Read about Frederick Douglass from his childhood and youth as an enslaved person and his legacy as a leading abolitionist and equal rights advocate.
The Civil Rights Act and the Pursuit of Greater Freedom
by Charles W. McKinney
Read about civil rights protests in the small town of Wilson, North Carolina, in the 1960s.
Abraham Lincoln and the Passage of the Thirteenth Amendment
by Allen C. Guelzo
Explore Lincoln’s role in the abolition of slavery through the Thirteenth Amendment.
Clarksdale: Myth, Music, and Mercy in the Mississippi Delta
by Shelley Ritter
Read about musician Muddy Waters, the blues, and the historical exhibits at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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