“The Negro Digs Up His Past”
1925
Read this essay by Afro-Latino historian and collector Arturo Schomburg.
“A Red Record”
1895
Read an excerpt from Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s analysis of lynchings in the US at the end of the nineteenth century.
Commonalities and Differences in Maroon Communities
with Ana Lucia Araujo
Understand how maroon communities emerged and sustained themselves across the African diaspora.
The Palmares Quilombo
with Ana Lucia Araujo
Learn more about one of the most significant maroon communities in the Americas.
The Nineteenth-Century Emigrationist and Anti-Emigrationist Movements
with Nemata Blyden
Explore the key figures, sites, and concepts of both the emigrationist and anti-emigrationist movements.
The Black Middle Class Needs Attention Too
2020
Read excerpts and view charts from a report on the state of the Black middle class.
The Ballot or the Bullet Speech
1964
Read Malcolm X’s speech on methods to reach equality and the potency of both political activism and armed self-defense.
Arkansas Petition for Freedmen’s Rights
1869
Read a petition on behalf of formerly enslaved African Americans on indigenous territory requesting tribal citizenship and benefits.
Am I Not a Woman and a Sister?
ca. 1833
View this visual representation of a rallying cry for abolition among Black women.
“Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around”
2012
Watch a modern performance of a classic song from the Black Freedom struggle.
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
1945
View this photograph of Black women serving in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II.
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.
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