Yoruban History and Diaspora
This video details the history of Yorubaland, home to one of the greatest civilizations in sub-Saharan Africa until the slave trade captured and sold …
Videos
Nat Turner Rebellion
This video from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross recaps the Nat Turner Rebellion, and how it affected Southern slaveholders.
Cotton Gin
Discover how the invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the worldwide textile industry, and with it the dynamics of the American slave community, …
Fugitive Slave Act
This video from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross explains the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and what led to its implementation.
Great Migration
This video from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross explores the Great Migration and the idea that the Emancipation Proclamation did not live up…
Resenting Prosperity and Equality
Resenting Prosperity and Equality: This video from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross describes how white people’s resentment of African Americans’ prosperity and their…
St. Domingue
Learn about the slave revolt in St. Domingue (now Haiti) that led to the world’s first black republic in this video from The African Americans:…
Subjugation of African Americans
The video from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross provides an overview of the demonization of African Americans following the Emancipation Proclamation and the…
Double V and Black Americans’ Fight for Equality
Beyond the Battlefield: Double V and Black Americans’ Fight for Equality: Learn about the civil rights initiative during World War II known as the Double…
Jim Crow of the North
Jim Crow of the North charts the progression of racist policies and practices from the advent of restrictive covenants to their elimination in the lat…