An African American soldier’s pay warrant
1780
Learn more about this pay warrant issued to soldier Sharp Liberty for his service in the Continental Army.
Nelson Allyn to Joseph Allyn
1831
Read a firsthand account of the retaliation against African Americans in North Carolina after Nat Turner’s Rebellion.
Generations in Captivity: Slavery in America
with Ira Berlin
Understand how the interplay of regional and generational factors shaped the development of slavery in the antebellum United States.
Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family Story of Slavery and Freedom
with Matthew Pinsker
Learn about the family that brought the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) case to the Supreme Court.
The March on Washington: A Virtual Tour
with Clayborne Carson
Join the director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University for a virtual tour of the 1963 March on Washington.
Race and the American Constitution: A Struggle Toward National Ideals
by James Oliver Horton
Read how both pro-slavery and anti-slavery movements used the Constitution to promote their beliefs.
The Civil Rights Movement
by Taylor Branch
Read an essay taking a bird's-eye view of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies
by James T. Patterson
Read an overview of the landmark moments of the Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century.
A Place in History: Historical Perspective on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
by James Oliver Horton
Read about the historical context for the formation of the modern civil rights movement and leadership.
African Americans and Emancipation
by Manisha Sinha
Explore the role of military service during the Civil War on emancipation and abolition.
Different Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement
by Anthony J. Badger
Read about the different ways historians have challenged the dominant narrative of the Civil Rights movement since the 1960s.
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