Ten Ways to Teach Rosa Parks
by Jeanne Theoharis and Say Burgin
Read about ten common misconceptions about Civil Rights legend Rosa Parks.
African American Experiences, 1878-Present
with Kellie Carter Jackson, Charles McKinney, and Yohuru Williams
Dive into a panel covering African American experiences after Reconstruction with three historians.
Voting restrictions for African Americans
1944
Investigate a pamphlet that documented cases of voter suppression in southern states written by a group of southern editors and writers.
Black Women in Entrepreneurship
by Andrea Smith-Hunter
Learn about the challenges and opportunities Black women entrepreneurs face, from financial barriers to networking, mentorship, and growth.
Mary McLeod Bethune’s Impact
with Noliwe Rooks
Learn about Mary McLeod Bethune’s life, her involvement in politics and civil rights, and her work’s lasting impact.
1964 SNCC Position Paper on Women in the Movement
by Michelle Moravec
Explore the origins of this SNCC memo and its authorship.
Black Women’s Leadership and Organizing in the Civil Rights Movement
by Keisha N. Blain
Explore the civil rights leadership of JoAnn Robinson, Ella Baker, and Fannie Lou Hamer.
Hidden History: African American Women During Reconstruction
with Rebecca Czuchry
Explore responses by Black Texan women to racial violence in the wake of the Civil War.
Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics
with Anastasia C. Curwood
Learn more about Chisholm’s life and career.
Bad Brains in Concert
1982
Learn more about this foundational all-Black punk band through this concert flyer.
Black Women and Grassroots Organizing
by Robert F. Jefferson Jr.
Explore the history of local activism led by Black women in the twentieth century.
“We’re the Only Colored People Here”
1945
Read a short story that would grow into Gwendolyn Brooks’s novel Maud Martha (1953).
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