Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Frederick Douglass and Underground Railroad

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Frederick Douglass and Underground Railroad No. 1 of 6 Frederick Douglass and Underground Railroad No. 2 of 6 Frederick Douglass and Undergr...
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The Liberator Book Review: Fredrick Douglass

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FREDERICK DOUGLASS FROM The Liberator , 30 May 1845. My readers will be delighted to learn that Frederick Douglass—the fugitive slave—has at...

Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895

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Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895 Our house stood within a few rods of the Chesapeake Bay, whose broad bosom was ever white with sails from eve...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

COINTELPRO: FBI's War On Black America

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COINTELPRO is an acronym for a series of FBI counterintelligence programs designed to neutralize political dissidents. Although covert oper...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Civil Rights v. Civil War

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The parallels between the civil rights movement of the 1960's and the events and issues of the Civil War has forced historians to revise...
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Meet The Press with NAACP Roy Wilkiins and Martin Luther KIng, Jr.

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March on Washington

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I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Fi...

Malcolm X's Response to the March On Washington

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Malcolm X on Negro Leaders and March on Washington (pt 1/2) Malcolm X on Negro Leaders and March on Washington (pt 2/2)

Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)

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Kwame Ture the man formerly known as Stokely Carmichael represents one of the most energetic voices from the Civil Rights/Black Power Moveme...

Dr. Kenneth Clark Interviews James Baldwin

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James Baldwin Interview (1 of 3) Dr. Kenneth Clark: Through a strange set of circumstances, we managed to record this conversation with Jame...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Copy of a letter from Benjamin Banneker to the secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson

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SIR, I AM fully sensible of the greatness of that freedom, which I take with you on the present occasion ; a liberty which seemed to me scar...

Thomas Jefferson's response to Banneker Philadelphia , Aug. 30. 1791.

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SIR, I THANK you, sincerely, for your letter of the 19th instant, and for the Almanac it contained. No body wishes more than I do, to see su...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Untold Story: Slavery In The 20th Century

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Hundreds of thousands of African Americans were held in slavery well into the 20th Century. The untold history in America. Antoinette Harrel...
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Dred Scott's Revenge

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Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America by Andrew P. Napolitano. The Declaration of Independence proclaim...
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Plantation System in Southern Life (1950) -- Coronet Films

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Coronet Films or Coronet Instructional Media Inc. produced and distributed American educational films (propaganda puff pieces). According t...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Harvard University Lecture 6: "The Sentimental Imagination"

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Lecture 6: "The Sentimental Imagination" from ASU English on Vimeo . Discussion of Lydia Maria Child and the scandal of ‘amalga...
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African Americans in the West, In Search of the Racial Frontier

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In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the West, 1528-1990 by Quintard Taylor Publisher Fact Sheet A landmark history of Af...
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Dr. Quintard Taylor, Jr.

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Dr. Quintard Taylor, Jr. Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History Part 1: Antebellum Slavery and Freedom, 1528-1865, Race and...
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

'Cupid' - an officer's servant on board HMS Dryad.

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Description: This boy, nicknamed Cupid, was originally of the Nyoro tribe. He had been captured in the Kingdom of Bunyoro, in the far northw...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Indian Ocean: East African slaves taken aboard the Dutch HMS Daphne from a Arab dhow, 1 November 1868.