The Remarkable Life of Robert Smalls
From daring Civil War hero to Reconstruction-era political pioneer, the life of former slave Robert Smalls was as amazing as it was significant.
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Untold stories and rarely seen images of the Black experience
From daring Civil War hero to Reconstruction-era political pioneer, the life of former slave Robert Smalls was as amazing as it was significant.
The performer’s transformation from jazz to politics during the Civil Rights Era
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Portraits of Frederick Douglass, the most photographed American of the nineteenth century, illuminate his life and career as an abolitionist.
Initially written off as “crazy,” the New Orleans Sniper’s ideas reflected a more widely held sentiment of rage among Black youth.
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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
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