Throughout history, Blacks have had to overcome adversity on many levels. The obstacles in the 1980s posed...
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A young African-American Army officer who refused to adhere to Southern protocol and move to the back...
The New Deal maintained racial hierarchies even as it aided African Americans through relief projects. By Dr....
For Milton Nicholas, the practical hurdle of illiteracy was exploited by election officials in order to manipulate...
At the turn of the 20th century, one young black editor implored his peers: ‘Let us make...
Black churches have long been an important pillar in Philadelphia’s African American community. Introduction The Black Church...
In the South, electoral politics remained a parade of electoral fraud, voter intimidation, and race-baiting. Just as...
The first real challenge to the constitutionality of state segregation laws came in 1938. Brown v. Board...
One goal Hayes didn’t accomplish as president – invigorating black education – he worked for as an...
Team member Felix Knight looks through archives at the Church of Espiritu Santo in Havana, Cuba. David LaFevor...
The first separate black church in Newport was the Union Colored Church and Society The society is...
Aaron Douglas. “Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction.” Oil on canvas, 1934. The New York...
A choir sings traditional gospel music. Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller For the enslaved Africans, music – rhythm in particular – became a tool of communication about their...
Josephine Baker | AP By Chauncey K. Robinson / 03.01.2018 It seems only fitting with Black History...
Martin Luther King in Newcastle, 1967. Newcastle University Special Collections By Dr. Brian Ward / 10.20.2017 Professor in...
Kwanzaa celebrations. Black Hour, CC BY-NC By Dr. Frank Dobson / 12.20.2017 Associate Dean of Students Vanderbilt...
Oak Grove Acapella Singers, a Gospel group of Chester County, Tennessee, being recorded while singing in the...