Descendants of African-Americans who began their lives in America as kidnapped slaves were then deprived of civil rights by "Jim Crow" laws. Leaders inspired others to overcome racial prejudice and legal obstacles. These stories highlight the ups and downs of black history.
Image of the preface page from The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, written by William Still. Click on the ima...
Image of the 2nd page of the preface from The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters written by William Still. Click ...
Barack Obama issued his first Presidential Proclamation on the day he was sworn in - January 20, 2009. Announcing a National Day of Renewal and ...
This contemporary article, commenting on the words of Frederick Douglass, reflects the respect which abolitionists had for Frederick Douglass. The ar...
Image of the publisher's notes from a page included in the Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanac for 1792, by Benjamin Banneker. Clic...
African-Americans who fought in World War I endured continuing racial discrimination after returning home. That was also true of the federal governmen...
The U.S. government allowed slave owners to seek-and-find runaways. This text image depicts an example of advertisements, which owners published...
When Jackie Robinson was called-up from the Montreal Royals (the Dodgers' farm club) to the Brooklyn Dodgers (a Major-League team), the news quickly t...
Wade Netherland believed he "owned" a slave named Samuel Howell. This image depicts an advertisement which Netherland ran in the The Virginia Ga...
This is an excerpt from the oral history of Sarah Graves, also known as "Aunt Sally." Note that to maintain authenticity, writers transcribed the ora...
This text image depicts another excerpt from the oral history of Sarah Graves (also known as "Aunt Sally"). Interviewed in the 1930s, as part o...
During the 1930s, the federal government hired writers to interview former slaves and to obtain their oral histories. This is page 1 of the oral hist...
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