The Nineteenth-Century Emigrationist and Anti-Emigrationist Movements
with Nemata Blyden
Explore the key figures, sites, and concepts of both the emigrationist and anti-emigrationist movements.
Emigration, Anti-Emigration, and Transatlantic Abolitionism
with Nemata Blyden
Learn more about the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the Civil War on emigration.
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.
Essential Methods of the Major Civil Rights Organizations
with Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Learn more about the major civil rights organizations of the 1950s and 1960s and their typical day-to-day operations.
Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Rights Activism
with Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Learn more about the impact of civil rights organizations on securing civil rights legislation and growing grassroots power.
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.
Painting Independence in Boston: Prince Demah
by Jennifer Van Horn
Learn more about an enslaved artist during the American Revolution.
Shaping the Public Imagination: The Sculpture of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
by Chenoa Baker
Read about the life and art of Fuller and some of her more famous pieces.
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.
The Cubist Collage Aesthetic and the Historical Narratives of Jacob Lawrence
by Patricia Hills
Read more about Jacob Lawrence’s use of cubist collage aesthetics to depict historical narratives in his artwork.
“The Colored Soldiers”
1895
This poem, featured in Dunbar's collection Majors and Minors, recalls the impact of Black service in the Civil War.
Harriet, the Moses of Her People
1886
Read an authorized description of Tubman’s escape written by a White woman who had interviewed Tubman.
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