AP African American Studies Resource Archive | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Read a plea from free Black people in Philadelphia to protect their freedom.

Break down common misconceptions about the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment in this video.

Learn more about the long history of celebrating emancipation, from January 1, to August 1, to Juneteenth.

View silent film scenes of Tulsa’s Black institutions and organizations in the mid-1920s.

Explore the meaning and the impact of James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson’s hymn.

Watch a silent film of a graduation procession at the only HBCU in Oklahoma.

AP African American Studies Resource Library