Black Wings: African American Pioneers In Aviation

Black Wings tells the story of how one group of Americans overcame enormous obstacles to break into aviation. African Americans shared the universal dream of flight. But for almost [...]

Separate Cinema Archive

Beginning with the gift of a single poster in 1972, the Separate Cinema Archive has grown over the course of three decades to become a respected and comprehensive collection of more than 25,000 rare film posters, lobby cards and photographs originating from thirty countries. This astounding legacy, collected and maintained by Archive founder John Kisch, [...]

Underground Railroad

You are a slave in Maryland in the 1800s. Can you escape? Learn what challenges slaves faced in National Geographic’s Underground Railroad Adventure, an interactive website that allows users to trace and relive the experience of a runaway slave. Although primarily geared towards towards grade school students, the site gives all visitors of any age [...]

The History of Jim Crow

The History of Jim Crow is a wonderful Web site that provides a wealth of historical and reference materials on the segregation and the disfranchisement of African Americans from Reconstruction through the modern civil rights movement. The site was produced in conjunction with the PBS documentary The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. For more [...]

Africans in America

The Africans in America web site is a companion to Africans in America, a six-hour public television series. The Web site chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States — from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century to the end of the American Civil War in 1865 — [...]

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