History

Two protesters stand in front of a painted mural of Malcolm X and Harriet Tubman.

Rebellions Work

By Jamon Jordan

Harriet Tubman is sitting on a chair outside of her home in New York in 1911.

Black August: The Underground Railroad

By Tracey Onyenacho

Nat Turner is shown being discovered in a wooded area of Virginia by a white man carrying a gun in 1831.

Black August: Nat Turner Led Slave Revolt

By Tracey Onyenacho

Engraving shows the arrival of a Dutch slave ship with a group of African slaves for sale, Jamestown, Virginia, 1619.

Black August: Arrival of First Africans to Virginia

By Tracey Onyenacho

Mary McLeod Bethune, Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells. Archival images of Black suffragettes.

Black Suffragettes Celebrated in Video for 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

By N. Jamiyla Chisholm

Black August. Black and white photo of funeral procession of 17-year-old Jonathan Jackson, flanked by Black Panther Party members raising the Black Power salute.

Black August: Marin County Courthouse Rebellion

By Tracey Onyenacho