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.
White Supremacy in the Early Twentieth Century: Causes and Responses
with Adriane Lentz-Smith
Take a deep dive into the proliferation of white supremacist violence in the 1910s and 1920s, and responses from Black communities.
“I Too”: Langston Hughes’s Afro-Whitmanian Affirmation
by Steven Tracy
Explore Hughes' "I, Too" poem, its connection to Walt Whitman, and its role in affirming Black identity in America.
“Hidden Practices”: Frederick Douglass on Segregation and Black Achievement, 1887
by Edward L. Ayers
Analyze a letter written by Frederick Douglass describing his feelings on Black progress.
“Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines”
by Faith Ringgold
View a fantastical homage to Harlem history through this work of art in the New York City subway.
African Americans in Urban and Rural Communities, 1890–1930
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Visualize data that shows the impact of the Great Migration.
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