The Power of Nonviolent Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement
by Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Learn more about the impact and successes of nonviolent organizing during the Civil Rights Movement.
Methods of the Major Civil Rights Organizations
by Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Take a quick look at the differing practices of the “Big Four” civil rights organizations.
The Path to Brown v. Board of Education
with Justin Driver
Learn more about the Brown v. Board case as it made its way to the Supreme Court and the Court’s historic decision.
School Desegregation
with Justin Driver
Learn more about the immediate aftermath and impact of the Brown decision.
Origins of the African American Musical Tradition
with Charles Hughes
Learn more about how musical and performative traditions from Africa and diaspora became modern American genres.
The Memphis Sound
with Charles Hughes
Learn how Memphis became a major cultural and musical hub.
Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe
with Charles Hughes
Learn more about these three trailblazing musicians.
Doctor Cuffee Saunders
1781
Read about how Cuffee Wells Saunders gained his freedom.
The Desegregation of Hockey
with George and Darril Fosty
Learn about the path toward Willie O’Ree breaking the color barrier in the National Hockey League.
Civil War “Contrabands”
1861–1865
View two photographs of self-emancipated people described as “contrabands” of the Union Army during the Civil War.
Emancipation on Indigenous Lands
with Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie
Learn more about the reach of the Thirteenth Amendment in American Indian nations.
A Thematic Conversation with Shareef Abdur-Rahim
2025
Learn more about Abdur-Rahim’s path to the NBA, Team USA, the G League, and making a place for Muslim professional athletes.
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