Hip-Hop in Cedar Park
by NYC Parks
Hear from DJ Kool Herc and others as they remember the early days of hip-hop in the Bronx.
Black Women’s Leadership and Organizing in the Civil Rights Movement
by Keisha N. Blain
Explore the civil rights leadership of JoAnn Robinson, Ella Baker, and Fannie Lou Hamer.
“An Address to the Slaves of the United States”
1843
Explore this speech, rejected by the National Colored Convention.
Representation on the Stage, Screen, and Airwaves
by Kenya Davis-Hayes
Explore the history of Black performance from Reconstruction through the 1960s.
The Great Migration and the Making of Modern America
by Davarian L. Baldwin
Explore the impact of the “Exodus from Dixie.”
Global Africans and Transatlantic Slaving to the United States
by Kwasi Konadu
Explore the origins of and predecessors to the transatlantic slave trade.
Afonso and the Slave Trade
by John K. Thornton
Explore the origins and evolution of the slave trade in Kongo and Portugal.
Haiti and the Age of Abolition
by Marlene L. Daut
Understand the legacy of the Haitian Revolution and its global impact.
Black Studies: Its Origin and Place in the Twenty-First Century
by Abul Pitre
Develop an understanding of the birth and evolution of African American Studies, Black Studies, and other adjacent fields.
Migrations in Ancient African History
from Exploring Africa, African Studies Center
Explore the spread of Bantu languages, Christianity, and Islam and trade routes throughout African kingdoms.
The Underground Railroad in the Eighteenth Century
by Michael Siegel
Visualize the Underground Railroad in its earliest days through this map.
Martin R. Delany on Emigration
1852
Learn more about the many emigration and colonization pathways for formerly enslaved people.
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