Specials
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Yes We Can: Barack Obama
Barack Obama's election to the presidency exemplifies changing attitudes about race.
Classroom | Yes We Can: Barack Obama
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom| The Rise of the Black Middle Class
Affirmative action paired with changing social attitudes to nurture a black middle class.
Classroom| The Rise of the Black Middle Class
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | The Limits of Rights: Economic Injustice
Daunting economic challenges were made worse by the deindustrialization of urban areas.
Classroom | The Limits of Rights: Economic Injustice
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Fighting the Power: Hip Hop
Hip Hop gave voice to a new generation of African American youth.
Classroom | Fighting the Power: Hip Hop
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Casualties of the War on Drugs
President Reagan's "War on Drugs" fell disproportionally hard on black communities.
Classroom | Casualties of the War on Drugs
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Black Power: Demanding a Brilliant Future
After Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, the Black Panthers advocated armed resistance.
Classroom | Black Power: Demanding a Brilliant Future
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Black is Beautiful: Afrocentricity
A new African American cultural identity resonated throughout American culture.
Classroom | Black is Beautiful: Afrocentricity
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Six-year-old Ruby Bridges’ entry into a formerly all-white school provoked outbursts of ha
Classroom | Ruby Bridges
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Rosa Parks was a seasoned activist who planned her action on a Montgomery bus.
Classroom | Rosa Parks
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Preparing for Sit-Ins
Non-violent passive resistance required much preparation and mental strength.
Classroom | Preparing for Sit-Ins
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | The Subjugation of African Americans
A look at the demonization of African Americans and the propaganda campaign against them.
Classroom | The Subjugation of African Americans
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | The Great Migration
Learn about the Great Migration, when African-Americans left the South in large numbers.
Classroom | The Great Migration
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Separate and Unequal
Charles Hamilton Houston and Victor Hugo Green fought for equality.
Classroom | Separate and Unequal
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Resenting Prosperity and Equality
White people resented African Americans’ prosperity, and their alleged equality.
Classroom | Resenting Prosperity and Equality
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Life After the Emancipation Proclamation
The oppression of African Americans continued following the Emancipation Proclamation.
Classroom | Life After the Emancipation Proclamation
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Learn about Plessy Homer and his calculated act that led to the case Plessy vs Ferguson.
Classroom | A Calculated Act
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
The cotton gin revolutionized the global textile industry and expanded slavery.
Classroom | The Cotton Gin
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Nat Turner Rebellion
Learn about the Nat Turner Rebellion, and how it affected Southern slaveholders.
Classroom | Nat Turner Rebellion
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Fugitive Slave Act
Learn about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and what led to its implementation.
Classroom | Fugitive Slave Act
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Frederick Douglass
After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass became prominent in the abolitionist community.
Classroom | Frederick Douglass
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
The slave revolt in St. Domingue (now Haiti) led to the world’s first black republic.
Classroom | St. Domingue
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | St. Augustine, Florida
Runaway slaves who fled to St. Augustine, Florida, were granted freedom by the Spanish.
Classroom | St. Augustine, Florida
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Classroom | Hutchinson's Rebellion
Hutchinson’s rebellion (also known as the Stono rebellion) was a failed slave revolt.
Classroom | Hutchinson's Rebellion
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Culture and ideas pervaded the Black Atlantic and continue to inflect our traditions.