African Americans and the Making of Liberia
by Claude A. Clegg III
Explore the founding of Liberia and the impact of the colonization movement.
Recovering Voices of the Enslaved in Colonial America
by Sophie White
Explore the broader, less explored history of slave narratives in French Louisiana.
Mutual Assistance: Building Black Community Life in Freedom
by Lois E. Horton
Take a closer look at the history of mutual aid society and their activity in Free Black communities.
Richard Allen, Jarena Lee, and the Second Great Awakening
by Margaret Washington
Read about the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, a Self-Made Man
by Vincent Carretta
Explore Equiano’s life story and the influence of his autobiography on the abolitionist movement.
Phillis Wheatley, a “Genius in Bondage”
by Vincent Carretta
Explore the life, career, and legacy of the poet who was the first person of sub-Saharan African descent to publish a book.
The Development of Slavery in the Early Modern Atlantic World
by Michael Guasco
Learn about global systems of slavery in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.
The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
with Rachel L. Swarns
Learn the story about the 272 enslaved people who were sold to fund the construction of Georgetown University.
Jackie Robinson
with Jason Butler, Taína Quiñones, and Sandra Trenholm
Explore a comic book about Jackie Robinson’s rookie year and letters written by Richard Nixon and Robert Kennedy to Jackie Robinson about the Civil Rights Movement.
The Life and Work of Phillis Wheatley
with Krystal Mackie, Jeanette Providence, and Sandra Trenholm
Discover the eighteenth-century poet who was enslaved, became free, and built a lasting legacy.
The Heart and Soul of Fannie Lou Hamer
by Earnest N. Bracey
Read about the life and advocacy about Civil Rights leader and National Women’s Political Caucus cofounder Fannie Lou Hamer.
The Persistence of Ida B. Wells: Reform Leader and Civil Rights Activist
by Kristina DuRocher
Learn more about Wells’s fight against lynching, her journalism, and her leadership in the civil rights movement.
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