AP African American Studies Resource Archive

AP African American Studies Resource Library

James Forten, Sailmaker

by Julie Winch

Read about James Forten, an African American craftsman and businessman in nineteenth-century Philadelphia who employed an integrated workforce.

  • Essay

Laura Wheeler Waring: A Luminous Palette

by Cherene Sherrard-Johnson

Learn more about Laura Wheeler Waring’s portraiture, highlighting her luminous palette and contributions to African American art history.

  • Essay

“The Colored Soldiers”

1895

This poem, featured in Dunbar's collection Majors and Minors, recalls the impact of Black service in the Civil War.

  • Primary Source