Stono Rebellion: The Largest Slave Uprising in Colonial America Power to the PeopleThe Stono Rebellion of 1739 saw enslaved people rise up using coded sounds that sowed the seeds of jazz, blues and hip...
Ethel Payne: First Lady of the Black Press Hidden FiguresIf you could put the President on the spot, what question would you ask? As the First Lady of the Black Press, Ethel Payne wielded her first amendment right to ask the tough questions and hold those in power to...
Sojourner Truth: Black History & Woman’s Rights Heroine Women and the American StoryThe story of how an enslaved woman became one of the most important social justice activists in American...
Harlem Renaissance: A Movement Like No Other Art That Changed AmericaThe Harlem Renaissance was an explosion of African-American culture and creativity that began in 1920s New...
The Power of Fashion: From Oppression to Rebellion Women and the American StoryHow free Black women in Spanish Louisiana turned an oppressive headscarf law into a celebration of individuality and...
