African American Heritage
The Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the Black experience. This page highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media.
Header images: Background: Leaders at the Head of the March on Washington (NAID 542002); L to R: Young Woman Soliciting Funds for a Chicago Organization (NAID 556134); Participant of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (NAID 956131); Attendee of the March on Washington (NAID 542029); Student of the Westinghouse Vocational School (NAID 556143)
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Selected Public Programs
Overview of What's in the 1950 Census | View the full 1950 Census Genealogy Series
A Conversation with Stacey Abrams, Dec 3, 2019
Revolutionary Movements Then and Now: Black Power and Black Lives Matter, Oct 19, 2016
On Juneteenth, Annette Gordon-Reed, Jun 2, 2021
Louis Martin: The Godfather of Black Politics, Feb 23, 2021
African American Life in Washington, DC Before Emancipation, Apr 13, 2016
The Role of the Federal Government in Black Education, Dec 2, 2015
View more recorded programs relating to the Black experience...
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- Skrobarczyks Plead Not Guilty to Violation of Anti-Peonage Laws
- My great grandfather was a African American police officer in the 1800s looking for information.
- Seeking information on African American GIs who attended Army University Centers in Europe in 1945-46.
- Seeking records of the 47th Reinforcement Battalion, 5th Retraining Regiment