Black Women, Black Power, and the Afro
The revolutionary look of the Afro hairstyle during the Black Power era.
Photographs and stories that changed the world
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The revolutionary look of the Afro hairstyle during the Black Power era.
Despite Anita Hill accusing Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991, the controversy surrounding him now is mainly about his politics. Yet, the story of Justice Thomas exemplifies a longstanding irony of racial uplift efforts: the elevation of Black figures who perpetuate the silencing or mistreatment of Black women.
Assata Shakur is a lasting symbol of resistance, political commitment, and global struggles for liberation.
Years after breaking the color barriers that surrounded baseball and tennis, Jackie Robinson and Althea Gibson changed yet another sport.
The story of Black women and track and field through the lens of one of the early greats, Wilma Rudolph.
Toni Morrison’s Beloved
receives acclaim and suppression in equal measure, proving that unapologetically centering Blackness in literature is still controversial in the United States.
The everyday lives and struggles of Black women in Atlanta reveal the roots of their activism.
From Phillis Wheatley Peters to Ida B. Wells-Barnett, leading Black women activists defined their public images through their portraits to advance their ideas.
A photograph of Mahalia Jackson in 1964 offers a window on the role of music in the civil rights movement.
Hoping to court Black voters in the 1948 Presidential election, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981, an act that significantly changed the armed forces and the Black experience in America.