Black Homeownership Before World War II
On November 2, 1914, twenty eight-year-old James H. Teagle, the “colored” chauffeur for Philadelphia City Controller John Walton, left his
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Writing Black Activist Lives: An CBFS Interview
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
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Applying Migration Studies to the History of Black Fugitivity in the Antebellum Urban South
The historiography of slavery in the Americas largely asserts that Black enslaved people fled from their enslavers to places where
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Aaron Douglas’ History Lesson on the Responsibility of Black Artists
In an interview with Fisk University professor Leslie Collins, Harlem Renaissance painter and educator Aaron Douglas recalled his admiration for
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Black Capitalism, Underground Economies, and the Great Depression
Throughout much of the twentieth century, Florida’s warm climate and long sunny days managed to attract the nation’s elites. The
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