Biographical Sketches: Arts
Hundreds of published book present the lives and accomplishments of historical African Americans. Many of the figures undertook great efforts for the betterment of the […]
Month: May 2018
Biographical Sketches: Sports
There are hundreds of books published that depict the stories behind the lives and accomplishments of historical African Americans. The stories told within these book […]
Modern Culture and Identity
As a liberation from past repressive whitewashing of history, children readily identify themselves with the stories within the pages of books about African-American communities and […]
1954-1968: The Civil Rights Era
The Civil Rights Movement started in 1954 following the successful defense of Brown v. Board of Education. With the dismantling of Jim Crow Laws, parts […]
The Harlem Renaissance and The Great Migration
The Great Migration, formally spanning the years 1916 to 1917, was deemed in scholarly study as “the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans […]
1860s-1960s: Segregation
Segregation was legalized prior to the Civil War, starting with the 1857 case of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott was a slave born in Virginia in […]
1861-1877: Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction
In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States was experiencing an era of tremendous growth, both economical and territorial. Though the country was growing as one, […]
Student Intern of the Week- Grace Bihl
Meet Grace Bihl from Shelby, Ohio! Grace is a Communication Designer at the museum. She is a freshman Communication Design major. Her favorite arts […]
1619-1865: Slavery and the Underground Railroad
1619 marks the year that the institution of slavery was first established in the American colonies. Virginia became the first state to adopt this practice, […]
1650s-1850s: The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage refers to the trade routes taken by European and American merchant ships during the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries where millions of Africans […]