Hip-Hop in Cedar Park
by NYC Parks
Hear from DJ Kool Herc and others as they remember the early days of hip-hop in the Bronx.
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.
Representation on the Stage, Screen, and Airwaves
by Kenya Davis-Hayes
Explore the history of Black performance from Reconstruction through the 1960s.
The Great Migration and the Making of Modern America
by Davarian L. Baldwin
Explore the impact of the “Exodus from Dixie.”
Jack Johnson
by Eddie Flier
View this artistic homage to boxing champion Jack Johnson.
The Great Migration, 1900–1929
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Explore the first wave of the Great Migration through this map.
The Second Great Migration
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Visualize the second wave of the Great Migration on this map.
“Each One, Every One, Equal All”
by Nick Cave
Explore the work of Nick Cave and his Soundsuits represented in this mosaic in the New York City subway system.
Hidden History: Jack Johnson
with Samuel Collins III, Linda Heywood, and Bob Spagnola
Explore the life and legacy of the “Galveston Giant” and champion boxer.
Hidden History: John Rufus Gibson
with Samuel Collins III and Joan Marshall
Explore the life and legacy of a key figure in Texas Black history.
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.
“Dr. Charles Drew and Freedman’s Hospital”
1945
Explore a notable event in Black medical history captured in a newsreel.
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