The 272
Author Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.…
512 viewsAuthor Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.…
512 viewsPresident Biden and Vice President Harris both spoke out against what the president called attempts to “bury history” during a ceremony to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Nat…
2,103 viewsJournalist Victor Luckerson chronicled the rise and fall of Tulsa’s Greenwood District also known as “Black Wall Street” through the lens of the Goodwin family from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massa…
78 viewsHistory professor Jeffrey Ogbar looked at the history of Atlanta and how Blacks there transformed the city into today’s ‘Black Mecca.’ The Atlanta Center hosted this event.
466 viewsMSNBC host and political analyst Joy-Ann Reid discusses her book, Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America.
797 viewsUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore history Professor Arlisha Norwood taught a class on the role Black women played during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. University of Maryland Easte…
881 viewsJason Hill talked about the national debate over the teaching of black history and the issue of reparations.
874 viewsUniversity of Texas Austin’s Peniel Joseph discusses the lives and legacy of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
328 viewsPresident Joe Biden delivered remarks at a White House reception in recognition of Black History Month. “Tonight, let’s reflect on how we make history, not erase history,” he said.
657 viewsCornell University professor Tamika Nunley looked at how enslaved women accused of capital crimes fared under the law in Virginia.
127 viewsLibrarian of Congress' Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman’s desegregation of the United States military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. Her guests …
413 viewsNorfolk State University professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander talked about African Americans in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia during the Civil War. She described how escaped slaves found…
380 viewsChad Williams discussed the intersection of World War I and the fight for racial justice through the lens of early 20th century civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. This event took place …
211 viewsU.S. House leadership, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and others participated in an unveiling ceremony of a new postage stamp honoring the late civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) …
1,134 viewsJournalist Santi Holley looked at how the Shakur family shaped the Black liberation movement in America through activism, artistry and scholarship. Skylight Books in Los Angeles hosted this …
280 viewsIn part four of Books that Shaped America, historian, author, and Howard University professor Edna Greene Medford explored the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the first autobiog…
1,485 viewsHistorians discussed the role and service of African Americans in the U.S. Navy and discrimination they faced. The Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in Washington, DC, hosted this progra…
117 viewsAppomattox Courthouse is commonly known as the site of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant and the end of the Civil War. Chief of Education Ernie Price talked about life after the war, …
1,338 viewsAuthor Rita Roberts talked about letters between African American families during the Civil War era. The Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston hosted this program.
123 viewsBernard Powers and Lauren Davila talked about the discovery and significance of the largest known slave auction in the U.S
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