AP African American Studies Resource Archive

AP African American Studies Resource Library

Booker T. Washington, a Black man, wearing a light colored jacket, vest, and pants, white shirt, and black bow tie.

The Atlanta Exposition Address

1895

Read and listen to Booker T. Washington's speech to a predominantly White audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta.

  • Primary Source
Alain Locke, a Black man, wearing a white suit, vest, and shirt, and a dark tie.

“Negro Youth Speaks”

1925

Read an excerpt from Alain Locke’s book The New Negro, a cornerstone of the New Negro movement.

  • Primary Source
A black-and-white photograph of a White soldier with a heavy dark beard sitting in a chair, wearing a double-breasted Union Army uniform, with a gold bar with two stars on his left shoulder

General Order No. 3

1865

Read the General Order announcing emancipation in Texas, giving birth to Juneteenth.

  • Primary Source

Showing results 37 - 48