AP African American Studies Resource Archive

AP African American Studies Resource Library

A jet of water in a tiled water fountain labeled 'Yemoja" [also known as Yemayá] in a body of water, topped with a white bust of a woman and, above the bust, a dark neon sign reading "The Surprise."

“Yemayá”

by Grupo Abbilona

View and listen to an Afro-Cuban example of syncretic religious practices.

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A black-and-white photograph of Marcus Garvey, a Black man wearing a dark suit, light-colored vest, white shirt, and dark tie, sitting in a wooden chair next to a desk filled with papers, holding a handkerchief in his right hand and a gavel in his left.

Marcus Garvey at His Desk

1924

View this photograph of Marcus Garvey, the founder and leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

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A Black woman wearing a gold, red, and blue crown, blue necklace, and a green checked royal robe.

Queen Njinga

1830s

Take a different look at Njinga in this portrait.

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Wordmark for "Hidden History" above Bryan Museum logo of a palm tree to the left of a house, next to a portrait of a Black woman wearing a black blouse or dress and a white necklace, over a picture of several Black women holding a sign "Head-Quarters for Colored Women Voters."

Hidden History: Jessie McGuire Dent

with Tommie Boudreaux, Samuel Collins III, Diane Henderson, and Faye Williams

Explore McGuire Dent’s role in fighting racial discrimination and organizing the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. 

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