Jackie Robinson
with Jason Butler, Taína Quiñones, and Sandra Trenholm
Explore a comic book about Jackie Robinson’s rookie year and letters written by Richard Nixon and Robert Kennedy to Jackie Robinson about the Civil Rights Movement.
The Heart and Soul of Fannie Lou Hamer
by Earnest N. Bracey
Read about the life and advocacy about Civil Rights leader and National Women’s Political Caucus cofounder Fannie Lou Hamer.
Ten Ways to Teach Rosa Parks
by Jeanne Theoharis and Say Burgin
Read about ten common misconceptions about Civil Rights legend Rosa Parks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“A Vote-less People Is a Hopeless People”: Lessons from Selma
by Robert A. Pratt
Learn about the history and legacy of the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
with Jeanne Theoharis
Learn how examining Rosa Parks’s life challenges perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement.
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America
with Keisha N. Blain
Explore Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and civil rights organizing career.
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.
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