Black is Beautiful: “Something to Behold ... Something One Could Do”
by Elizabeth Carmel Hamilton
Learn more about the works of Betye Saar, Elizabeth Catlett, and Toni Morrison in the context of Black is Beautiful.
Mary McLeod Bethune’s Impact
with Noliwe Rooks
Learn about Mary McLeod Bethune’s life, her involvement in politics and civil rights, and her work’s lasting impact.
Hidden History: Jessie McGuire Dent
with Tommie Boudreaux, Samuel Collins III, Diane Henderson, and Faye Williams
Explore McGuire Dent’s role in fighting racial discrimination and organizing the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
“Mother Hale’s Garden”
by Shinique Smith
Explore the life and career of an activist and community organizer through this work of public art.
Black Volunteers in the Nation’s First Epidemic
1794
Read Absalom Jones and Richard Allen’s narrative of the African American community’s response to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic.
Phillis Wheatley’s poem on tyranny and slavery
1772
Take a deep dive into one of Wheatley's best-known poems.
Diversity in Contemporary Black Communities
by Mamadi Corra
Learn more about shifts in the foreign-born Black population and its consequent impacts on the diversity of African Americans today.
A Founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist
with Michael Thurmond
Learn how James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, helped to secure Ayuba bin Suleiman Diallo’s freedom.
The First Age of Reform
by Ronald G. Walters
Learn more about the debates related to colonization in the context of other antebellum reform movements.
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
1775
Learn more about the proclamation offering freedom to enslaved people who joined the British army.
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