Journey to Freedom
Enslaved refugees sought freedom in Union contraband camps during the American Civil War.
Enslaved refugees sought freedom in Union contraband camps during the American Civil War.
The remarkable story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a forgotten founder of rock and roll.
A real-life drama performed before an audience of four.
Claude Brown testifies about the urban crisis in 1960s America.
How Paul Robeson sang to 35,000 Canadians without crossing the border
The Parkridge Country Club demonstrated the fragile promise of African American recreational space in 1920s Los Angeles
Black children played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement
Photographer Ben Shahn captures the lives of Black sharecropper families in Little Rock, Arkansas one Sunday in 1935
The Bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley
The keynote address Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave at Fisk University in 1964 drew crowds from all over the city, including some of the great Civil Rights icons in American history
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