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Tuskegee University’s Audio Collections
The archives of the historically Black Tuskegee University recently released recordings from 1957 to 1971, with a number by powerful civil rights leaders.
by
Evan Towle
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Karyn Anonia
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Dana Chandler
via
JSTOR Daily
on
October 5, 2023
Chester Higgins’s Life in Pictures
All along the way, his eye is trained on moments of calm, locating an inherent grace, style, and sublime beauty in the Black everyday.
by
Jordan Coley
via
The New Yorker
on
August 27, 2021
Art of History: Preserving African American Dioramas
Conservators are restoring a series of dioramas created for the 1940 American Negro Exposition, bringing their magical artistry, and stories, back to life.
by
Robbyn McFadden
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CBS News
on
August 30, 2020
In Search of George Washington Carver’s True Legacy
The famed agriculturalist deserves to be known for much more than peanuts.
by
Rachel Kaufman
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Smithsonian
on
February 21, 2019
The GOP’s Long History With Black Colleges
Could President Trump actually win over the leaders of historically black colleges and universities?
by
Leah Wright Rigueur
,
Theodore R. Johnson III
via
Politico Magazine
on
February 27, 2017
What Has Been Will Be Again
A new documentary photography project grapples with manifestations of a problematic past resurfacing in present-day Alabama.
by
Jared Ragland
,
Catherine Wilkins
via
Southern Cultures
on
January 24, 2024
The US Once Withheld Syphilis Treatment From Hundreds of Black Men in the Name of Science
The archival trove chronicles the extreme measures administrators took to ensure Black sharecroppers did not receive treatment for the venereal disease.
by
Caitjan Gainty
via
The Conversation
on
January 12, 2024
The Proletarian Poet
A new book on Claude McKay is part of an effort to place the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance within the Black radical tradition.
by
Jennifer Wilson
via
Dissent
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July 25, 2022
Marian Anderson’s Bone-Chilling Rendition of “Crucifixion”
Her performances of the Black spiritual in the nineteen-thirties caused American and European audiences to fall silent in awe.
by
Alex Ross
via
The New Yorker
on
October 19, 2021
From the Recording Registry
On the anniversary of Booker T. Washington’s historic Atlanta speech, we look back at the rare 1908 recording so that his words would not be lost to history.
by
Cary O'Dell
via
Library of Congress
on
September 18, 2021
The Strange Case of Booker T. Washington's Birthday
If Booker T. Washington never knew when he was born, how are we so sure about it now?
by
Bill Black
via
Contingent
on
April 5, 2021
How the Rosenwald Schools Shaped a Generation of Black Leaders
Photographer Andrew Feiler documented how the educational institutions shaped a generation of black leaders.
by
Michael J. Solender
via
Smithsonian
on
March 30, 2021
partner
Racial Health Disparities Didn’t Start With Covid: The Overlooked History of Polio
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted racial disparities with roots in the past.
via
Retro Report
on
March 16, 2021
partner
Years of Medical Abuse Make Black Americans Less Likely to Trust the Coronavirus Vaccine
Reckoning with our past is crucial to getting buy-in for the vaccine.
by
Dan Royles
via
Made By History
on
December 15, 2020
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