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Black Women, Self-Making, and Liberty

Historian Tamika Nunley introduces At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery and Shifting Identities in Washington D.C. with the anecdote

African American history has always been a communal act. From its inception in the nineteenth century, Black men and women,

Thank you to the the library team at Fisk University, especially Dr. Brandon Owens and Dr. Magana Kabugi; their

The 1960 sit-in movement that began in Greensboro on February 1 is a familiar story when it comes to Black

African American Women in Industry, 1939-1945 (New York Public Library) “Try Miss Goldy Chickens, and try a little