“The Colored Soldiers”
1895
This poem, featured in Dunbar's collection Majors and Minors, recalls the impact of Black service in the Civil War.
Garnet’s Address in Context
by Jake Alspaugh
Understand the origins of Garnet’s speech.
Harriet, the Moses of Her People
1886
Read an authorized description of Tubman’s escape written by a White woman who had interviewed Tubman.
Harriet Tubman’s reflection in The Refugee
1856
Read Tubman’s memories of enslavement and freedom in her own words.
Free African American Population, 19th Century
by Michael Siegel
Explore the change in free Black populations over time across the North, South, and Midwest.
1964 SNCC Position Paper on Women in the Movement
by Michelle Moravec
Explore the origins of this SNCC memo and its authorship.
Land of a Thousand Dances
by Lucy Sante
Explore the history, and memory, of Soul Train.
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.”
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