“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.
Etta Moten Barnett and Martin Luther King, Jr. in Ghana
1957
Hear from King during his visit to Ghana, in conversation with actress, musician, and journalist Etta Moten Barnett.
Staff of Office (ȯkyeame)
Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century
View an example of a staff held by high ranking officials in West Africa.
Doctor Cuffee Saunders
1781
Read about how Cuffee Wells Saunders gained his freedom.
Preliminary Declaration from the Constitution of Haiti
1805
Read a translation of some of Haiti’s founding principles as an independent nation.
Òpó (veranda post)
by Olowe of Ise
View a modern example of Yoruba art and design traditions.
Resistance and Resilience: Black Service in World War I
with Adriane Lentz-Smith
Learn more about African American service in the war to “make the world safe for democracy,” while also dealing with racism at home.
Searching for Augusta Savage
with Jeffreen M. Hayes
Learn more about Savage's art amid the New Negro movement and Harlem Renaissance.
Songs of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
1909–1924
Listen to early recordings of spirituals recorded and popularized by the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
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