Yoruba osé Ṣàngó
Mid-20th Century
Take a closer look at an example of syncretic cosmologies.
Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington: A Little-known Encounter
by Adele Alexander
Learn the critical differences in attitude and approach taken by Douglass and Washington, and their 1892 encounter at the Tuskegee Institute.
The Persistence of Ida B. Wells: Reform Leader and Civil Rights Activist
by Kristina DuRocher
Learn more about Wells’s fight against lynching, her journalism, and her leadership in the civil rights movement.
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.
The Catholic Church in Kongo
by John K. Thornton
Explore the history of Catholic conversion and syncretic practices in the kingdom of Kongo.
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.
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.
The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
with Chad Williams
Learn about W.E.B. Du Bois and his thoughts on the participation of Black Americans in the First World War.
History of Race Relations in America
with David Blight, Kellie Carter Jackson, and Manisha Sinha
Explore the importance of Black history and the history of race relations in America in this panel discussion.
“Yemayá”
by Grupo Abbilona
View and listen to an Afro-Cuban example of syncretic religious practices.
Marcus Garvey at His Desk
1924
View this photograph of Marcus Garvey, the founder and leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Land Order for Richard Brown
1865
View an example of the short-lived promise of “forty acres and a mule.”
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