African Americans and the Making of Liberia
by Claude A. Clegg III
Explore the founding of Liberia and the impact of the colonization movement.
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.
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.
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.
Yoruba osé Ṣàngó
Mid-20th Century
Take a closer look at an example of syncretic cosmologies.
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.
Yorùbá Oshe Shango Ceremonial Wand
19th or 20th Century
View this contemporary piece honoring a traditional Yoruba god.
An Introduction to Juneteenth
by Graham Hodges
Explore the history and commemoration of Juneteenth.
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