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Paving the way

7 Changemakers to Know

From activists and educators to authors and filmmakers

Risk takers and history makers

More trailblazers

Women who changed the world

Leading the Fight Against Social Injustice

16 Black women you should know

African-American Women Standing Up For Change

During the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

Looking Back Through Photography

From Rosa Park's arrest to the Freedom Rides

Black Power!

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised...."

A Journey to Educational Equality

What Were the Freedom Rides?

Jim Crow and Racial Segregation

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Rosa Parks' legacy

Taking a Stand for Justice

The Bus Where Parks Made Her Protest

"I have a dream"

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The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Explore the work of the iconic civil rights activist

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See Dr. King's Original Speech

Given at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s Memorial

See the monument in Virtual Reality

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Watch defining moments

Marches Across America

The March on Washington

John F. Kennedy on Civil Rights

Remembering 1968

Signing the Civil Rights Act

Where history happened

5 Sites of Resistance

Places where African American history happened

Creating networks across the U.S.

What was the Underground Railroad?

Individuals risked their lives to dismantle the institution of slavery

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The freedom church

The Significance of St. James AME Zion Church

Voices of St. James

Creating the Church Immersive Tour

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St James AME Zion Church

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The road to freedom

Liberation at last

History

Juneteenth Through the Archives

Today

Healing History's Wounds With Film

Looking back on history

Yara Shahidi Celebrates Powerful Black Women

Angela Rye on Black Activism

Nas Celebrates History's Black Musicians

Shameless Maya on Black Female Icons

Black Nerd Comedy on Black Comics

Ambers Closet on Celebrating Black Women in History

Alphacat on the Black Entertainment History

Ready for a historic tour?

Discover these 13 games that taught Black history through play.

Or test your trivia

Start in Washington D.C.

How the Capital Honors Dr. King

Explore the DC Public Library

Step inside

D.C. wins home rule Meet Mayor Marion Barry D.C. and King

Travel up to Chicago

Chicago's First Free Black Generation

Fighting for equality at the intersection of residual slavery and limited freedom

Liberating Antebellum Chicago

How Black settlers transformed Chicago

Chicago's Operation PUSH

One city's fight became a national movement

Then fly up to Alaska

Next stop: South Carolina

The Seashore Farmers Lodge

How one building became the heart of a community

Explore the Moving Star Hall

A physical testimony to Gullah Geechee spirituality

Continue to Africatown, Alabama

A foodie pitstop in New Orleans

Take a guided tour...

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Celebrating African American Heritage

With the National Park Service

...or explore for yourself

ExploreEbenezer Baptist ChurchAtlanta, Georgia

ExploreLittle Rock Central High SchoolLittle Rock, Arkansas

ExploreEdmund Pettus BridgeSelma, Alabama

ExploreBrown v. Board of EducationTopeka, Kansas

ExploreBrown Chapel AME ChurchSelma, Alabama

ExploreDaisy Bates HouseLittle Rock, Arkansas

Explore16th Street Baptist ChurchBirmingham, Alabama

Paving the way

7 Changemakers to Know

Risk takers and history makers

Women who changed the world

Leading the Fight Against Social Injustice

16 Black women you should know

African-American Women Standing Up For Change

During the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

Looking Back Through Photography

Black Power!

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised...."

A Journey to Educational Equality

What Were the Freedom Rides?

Jim Crow and Racial Segregation

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Rosa Parks' legacy

Taking a Stand for Justice

The Bus Where Parks Made Her Protest

"I have a dream"

The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Explore the work of the iconic civil rights activist

See Dr. King's Original Speech

Given at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Watch defining moments

Marches Across America

The March on Washington

John F. Kennedy on Civil Rights

Remembering 1968

Signing the Civil Rights Act

Where history happened

5 Sites of Resistance

Creating networks across the U.S.

What was the Underground Railroad?

Individuals risked their lives to dismantle the institution of slavery

The freedom church

The Significance of St. James AME Zion Church

Voices of St. James

Creating the Church Immersive Tour

The road to freedom

Liberation at last

Juneteenth Through the Archives

Healing History's Wounds With Film

Looking back on history

Yara Shahidi Celebrates Powerful Black Women

Angela Rye on Black Activism

Nas Celebrates History's Black Musicians

Shameless Maya on Black Female Icons

Black Nerd Comedy on Black Comics

Ambers Closet on Celebrating Black Women in History

Alphacat on the Black Entertainment History

Ready for a historic tour?

Discover these 13 games that taught Black history through play.

Start in Washington D.C.

How the Capital Honors Dr. King

Explore the DC Public Library

Travel up to Chicago

Chicago's First Free Black Generation

Fighting for equality at the intersection of residual slavery and limited freedom

Liberating Antebellum Chicago

How Black settlers transformed Chicago

Chicago's Operation PUSH

One city's fight became a national movement

Then fly up to Alaska

Next stop: South Carolina

The Seashore Farmers Lodge

How one building became the heart of a community

Explore the Moving Star Hall

A physical testimony to Gullah Geechee spirituality

Continue to Africatown, Alabama

A foodie pitstop in New Orleans

Take a guided tour...

Celebrating African American Heritage

With the National Park Service

...or explore for yourself

Legacy of the Black Atlantic

Tracing British Slave Ships Back to Sierra Leone

The Spread of Adinkra

Architecture of the Asante

Bunce Island and the "Gullah Connection"