Black Land Ownership in the Jim Crow Era
with Alison Rose Jefferson and Sandra Trenholm
Explore the history of the Black-owned Eureka Villa housing development in 1920s California.
The Great Migration, 1900–1929
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Explore the first wave of the Great Migration through this map.
The Second Great Migration
by Michael Siegel and Rutgers Cartography
Visualize the second wave of the Great Migration on this map.
“Each One, Every One, Equal All”
by Nick Cave
Explore the work of Nick Cave and his Soundsuits represented in this mosaic in the New York City subway system.
Hidden History: Jack Johnson
with Samuel Collins III, Linda Heywood, and Bob Spagnola
Explore the life and legacy of the “Galveston Giant” and champion boxer.
Hidden History: John Rufus Gibson
with Samuel Collins III and Joan Marshall
Explore the life and legacy of a key figure in Texas Black history.
Hidden History: African American Women During Reconstruction
with Rebecca Czuchry
Explore responses by Black Texan women to racial violence in the wake of the Civil War.
“Dr. Charles Drew and Freedman’s Hospital”
1945
Explore a notable event in Black medical history captured in a newsreel.
“How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping”
1900
Read Nannie Helen Burroughs’s address casting light on the importance of women organizing in Black institutions.
Breakdancers in New York
1984
View an example of b-boy culture from 1980s New York.
“Les Fétiches”
1938
View Loïs Mailou Jones’s painting, which brought Négritude from literature to art.
Marcus Garvey at His Desk
1924
View this photograph of Marcus Garvey, the founder and leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
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