The “Unboxing” of Henry Box Brown
A real-life drama performed before an audience of four.
Untold stories and rarely seen images of the Black experience
A real-life drama performed before an audience of four.
Claude Brown testifies about the urban crisis in 1960s America.
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
How Paul Robeson sang to 35,000 Canadians without crossing the border
CORE’s Freedom Rides solidified its centrality to desegregation efforts during the Civil Rights Movement
Despite systemic racism, Black soldiers forced their way into parachute training and took one major step toward integration.
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.
The Civil Rights Movement owes much to the students who boldly sat down at segregated lunch counters
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