Descendants of African-Americans who began their lives in America as kidnapped slaves were then deprived of civil rights by "Jim Crow" laws. Leaders inspired others to overcome racial prejudice and legal obstacles. These stories highlight the ups and downs of black history.
Photograph of Rosetta Douglass Sprague, the eldest child of Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray Douglass.
On the 7th of March, 1965, Alabama law-enforcement officials attacked civil-rights marchers as they attempted to cross the bridge in Selma. These are ...
It starts on 7 March 1965 when a civil rights procession, from Selma to Montgomery, turns violent. MLK gets involved and leads the second attempt (on ...
Also known as the "African Emperor," Septimius Severus, a Caesar, rules the Roman Empire for nearly 18 years.
When kidnappers capture Africans, intending to make them slaves, they use shackles (among other things) to bind them.
The houses pictured here - called "shotguns" - are in the Farish Street District of Jackson, Mississippi.
Silently marching down 5th Avenue, nearly 10,000 African-Americans protest discrimination and Jim-Crow laws on July 28, 1917. It is the first time tha...
This drawing - entitled Africans on Board the Slave Bark Wildfire, April 30, 1860 - was published in Harper's Weekly on the 2nd of June, 1860.
A pro-Southern political cartoon intended to show that American slaves were better-off than British workers.
Since it became America's capital city, circa 1800, Washington City had slaves. This compendium includes laws impacting slavery in the District.
This image appears in "A Picture of Slavery, for Youth," by Jonathan Walker. It depicts events occurring in America.
This letter, dated the 4th of April 1864, reflects President Lincoln's personal view of slavery.
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