Picturing Early Black Women Leaders
From Phillis Wheatley Peters to Ida B. Wells-Barnett, leading Black women activists defined their public images through their portraits to advance their ideas.
From Phillis Wheatley Peters to Ida B. Wells-Barnett, leading Black women activists defined their public images through their portraits to advance their ideas.
The life and work of W. E. B. Du Bois, writer, educator, and chronicler of Black life in America.
Sojourner Truth, Anna Julia Cooper, the National Association of Colored Women, and the foundations of Black women’s struggles today.
A real-life drama performed before an audience of four.
The Civil Rights Movement owes much to the students who boldly sat down at segregated lunch counters
Black children played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement
The Influential Life of Norma Elizabeth Boyd, a founding member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
An Easter Sermon with Dr. Benjamin E. Mays at South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Much of what is widely embraced about the famous activist and orator is mythology, while the truth lives in the shadows.
The struggle of university students to build Black Studies on campus, in their communities, and throughout the nation.
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