AP African American Studies Resource Archive

AP African American Studies Resource Library

Scan of FDR's letter to Joseph Curran, typewritten on White House stationery.

FDR on Racial Discrimination

1942

Read a transcription and a bit of historical context behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s letter to Joseph Curran concerning Executive Order 8802 and discrimination against Black sailors.

  • Primary Source
Scan of the broadside, reading I AM A MAN in bold black letters with "AM" underlined.

Civil Rights Posters

1968

Explore the historical context behind two posters from the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike.

  • Primary Source
A cartoon of a young Black man, mouth open, holding copies of The Black Panther newspaper, with a rifle strapped to his back. The front page of the copy in his right hand reads "ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE."

The Black Arts Movement

by Yasmine Espert

Explore the origins, evolution, and key players and works of the Black Arts Movement.

  • Essay
People at right foreground and left background going up a set of stairs; in the center background, a multicolored glass mosaic of a city skyline with an elevated train, and below a tile mosaic reading "TO UP TOWN AND DOWN TOWN TRAINS."

“City of Glass”

by Romare Bearden

Explore the work of Romare Bearden in this posthumously completed piece.

  • Work of Art

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