Aksumite Coin
340–400
Examine this coin and its representation of ancient Ethiopia as a trading hub.
“The Bantu Migration, 2000 BCE–1500 CE”
by Mark Cartwright
See the extensive migration of Bantu peoples on the African continent.
“Ancient & Medieval Sub-Saharan African States”
by Mark Cartwright
Visualize the approximate locations of various kingdoms and empires, including Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
“How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping”
1900
Read Nannie Helen Burroughs’s address casting light on the importance of women organizing in Black institutions.
Student Life at North Carolina College
1964–1965
Understand the legacy of HBCUs and BGLOs in the twentieth century through these two photographs.
“Heritage” by Gwendolyn Bennett
1923
Explore Gwendolyn Bennett’s vision of Africa in this poem.
“The Souls of Black Folk”
1903
Read excerpts from W. E. B. Du Bois’s foundational book, in which he explains his ideas of “the veil” and “double-consciousness.”
Advertisement for Madam C. J. Walker Products
ca. 1906–1950
Explore the impact of Madam C. J. Walker’s entrepreneurship through this advertisement.
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation Map of Philadelphia and Camden
1937
View an example of the maps which would give rise to the term "redlining."
Kongo, Christianity, and the Diaspora
with John K. Thornton
Learn more about Kongolese cultural practices merging with Christianity and evolving across the Atlantic.
Kongo and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
with John K. Thornton
Explore the development and evolution of, and forms of resistance against, the Kongolese-Portuguese slave trade.
Establishing the Freedmen's Bureau
1865
Read the legislation creating the "bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands" amid the US Civil War.
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