How the former secretary of state dealt with what WEB DuBois described as the ‘double-consciousness’ of being...
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History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never...
Riots by proslavery forces raged for three days in the nation’s capital after the capture of a...
A young African-American Army officer who refused to adhere to Southern protocol and move to the back...
The movement to grant pensions to ex-slaves faced strong opposition from three executive branch agencies. By Miranda...
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...
Cameras played a critical role in the quest for social equality for Black Americans in the post-slavery...
Honoring the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. My project, Mug Shot Portraits: Women of the...
It was the spiritual home to MLK and to the generations that shaped the vision of the...
Black churches have long been an important pillar in Philadelphia’s African American community. Introduction The Black Church...
In 1976, the exhibition Two Centuries of Black American Art, 1750 to 1950, curated by David Driskell,...
Lakeside left their mark on a Black music renaissance. In 1972, the ten members of the Dayton,...
Even without the right to vote, Black women engaged in political organizing and partisan debates. Today, Black...
The civil rights that various groups have fought for within the United States. Introduction What is the...
In a bittersweet history, the story of enslaved chocolatier Caesar shows the oppression that lay behind the...
His story represents the lives of many African American leaders who remain in the shadows of history...
In the South, electoral politics remained a parade of electoral fraud, voter intimidation, and race-baiting. Just as...
Jim Crow states passed statutes severely regulating social interactions between the races. Jim Crow was the name...
The first real challenge to the constitutionality of state segregation laws came in 1938. Brown v. Board...
African Americans gained political power yet faced the backlash of white supremacy and racial violence. Introduction I’ll...
One goal Hayes didn’t accomplish as president – invigorating black education – he worked for as an...
After the Civil War, touring groups of black college singers popularized slavery-era songs, giving rise to a...
Prohibited from attending the white GIs, the women felt betrayed by the country they fought to serve....
A group of 200 middle aged and older white men gathered in Hemming Park armed with baseball...
It has been called “the single worst incident of racial violence in American history.” Introduction The Tulsa...
Claudette was arrested at the age of 15, nine months before Rosa Parks refused to yield her...
The “40 acres and a mule” promised to formerly enslaved Africans never came to pass. Introduction Underlying...
Archibald Motley painted African Americans having a good time. Archibald Motley (1891–1981) was born in New Orleans...