AP African American Studies Resource Archive

AP African American Studies Resource Library

Cover of A Red Record, with the title written in red on a yellowed piece of paper.

“A Red Record”

1895

Read an excerpt from Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s analysis of lynchings in the US at the end of the nineteenth century.

  • Primary Source
Map of Pernambuco, Brazil, with ships off the coast and an inset depiction of Black men wearing white pants in a field.

The Palmares Quilombo

with Ana Lucia Araujo

Learn more about one of the most significant maroon communities in the Americas.

  • Video
Malcolm X, a bespectacled Black man, wearing a dark suit, dark patterned tie, and white shirt, with a large ring on his left finger. He is sitting in an upholstered chair or sofa and smiling with his head in his right hand (leaning on the armrest of the chair or sofa).

The Ballot or the Bullet Speech

1964

Read Malcolm X’s speech on methods to reach equality and the potency of both political activism and armed self-defense.

  • Primary Source
A man wearing a white shirt and pants begins a handstand as a band plays in the background and others look on.

Two Depictions of Capoeira

ca. 1835/2017

View how capoeira has persisted in the culture of Brazil over nearly two hundred years.

  • Primary Source

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