Black History Year is back with a new season, a new host, and a new look. On Black History Year... more

On a seemingly ordinary summer day in Americus, Georgia, 15 Black girls eagerly joined a protest, only to mysteriously vanish... more

What happened at the Capitol on January 6 begs us to look to our past to help us understand our... more

The election of President Barack Obama ignited feelings of hope and promise. But the election of the first black president... more

The black freedom struggle of the mid-twentieth century leads to the emergence of white backlash. Here we show how conservatives... more

The Civil Rights movement of the mid-twentieth century begins despite the internal conflicts that shape it. We focus particularly on... more

In the aftermath of the collapse of Reconstruction, we chart the emergence of Jim Crow laws and the extralegal violence... more

With the passage of the 15th amendment, some Americans believed the battle had finally been won: the former slave now... more

Written and narrated by award-winning author and Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, “History... more