This History U course focuses on African American women’s history in the United States with certain aspects of Black women’s activism and leadership within the African Diaspora.
Course Instructor: Professor Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College
Eligibility: High school students
Image: Unknown photographer, African American women with Nannie Burroughs in front, holding a banner reading, “Banner State Woman’s National Baptist Convention,” 1901 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, 93505051)