The Discovery of the Americas and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
by Ira Berlin
Explore the origins of the transatlantic slave trade and the plantation system.
“What Is Slavery?”
with Brenda Stevenson
Explore how the globalization of trade propelled the business of slavery.
The Catholic Church in Kongo
by John K. Thornton
Explore the history of Catholic conversion and syncretic practices in the kingdom of Kongo.
The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
with Peniel Joseph
Dive into the lives and work of both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
Sexuality and Slavery: Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas
with Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie Harris
Learn how sexuality was a point of both exploitation and resistance for enslaved people.
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America
with Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Explore the history of race, crime, and modern US history.
Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence
with Kellie Carter Jackson
Explore the history of Black abolitionism in the antebellum period.
Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture
with Lonnie Bunch
Learn about the significance and creation of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
City of Refuge
with Marcus P. Nevius
Explore the history of freed peoples in the Great Dismal Swamp and their relationship to maroon communities.
Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
with James Oakes
Understand the evolution of the antislavery interpretation of the Constitution.
Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America
with Kabria Baumgartner
Explore how antebellum Black women became educators and activists, and the story of the first integrated classroom in the US.
Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance
with Mia Bay
Learn more about the impact of Homer Plessy on segregation and discrimination of railroad travel.
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