African American History

Images from the March on Washington

Records on President Barack Obama

Records of the Black Experience in DocsTeach

National Archives Blogs

Rediscovering Black History - exploring records relating to Black History at the Archives

Education Updates - African American history blogs

Forward with Roosevelt - Eleanor Roosevelt's Battle to End Lynching

Hoover Heads - Desegregating the Commerce Department

JFK Library Archives - Black History blogs

NARAtions - African Americans blogs

Pieces of History - Black History blogs

Text Message - Black History blogs

Unwritten Record - African American history blogs

Articles

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - A Landmark Case Unresolved Fifty Years Later, Jean Van Delinder (2004)

Prologue Special Issue on African American History (1997)

The Revolutionary Summer of 1862 - How Congress Abolished Slavery and Created a Modern America, Paul Finkelman (2018)

Slavery and Emancipation in the Nation's Capital - Using Federal Records to Explore the Lives of African American Ancestors, Damani Davis (2010)

Testing the 15th Amendment - Milton Claiborne Nicholas and the Legacy of the First Black Voters, Heather Glasby (2016)

Voices of Emancipation - Union Pension Files giving Voice to Former Slaves, Donald R. Shaffer and Elizabeth Regosin (2005)

Online Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Public Programs

Revolutionary Movements Then and Now: Black Power and Black Lives Matter, Oct 19, 2016

Eighth Annual Forum on Women in Leadership: Women in Civil Rights Leadership, Mar 26, 2015

 

Protecting America's Treasures: Black History in the Vault, Feb 24, 2015

 

African American Life in Washington, DC Before Emancipation, Apr 13, 2016

 

The Role of the Federal Government in Black Education, Dec 2, 2015

 

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners, Apr 29, 2019

 

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