Historian Allyson Hobbs tells the story of countless African Americans who passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and community. A book signing follows the program. To access...
971 viewsFifty years ago, Stokely Carmichael first publicly uttered the phrase “Black Power” at a rally during the March Against Fear in Mississippi. Four months later, the Black Panther Party was founded ...
1,000 viewsThis film presents an account of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activities that had previously been covert, including actions in Iran, Vietnam, Laos, the Congo, Cuba, and Guatemala. The film includ...
1,241 viewsNegro melodies by the Tuskegee Institute Choir. From the US National Archives. ##### Reelblack's mission is to educate, elevate, entertain, enlighten, and empower through Black film. If ther...
1,271 viewsFind out more about this film, featured in "The Unwritten Record," the National Archives blog of the Special Media Archives Services Division: https://unwritten-recor...
1,198 viewsFrom the US National Archives. Documents the early, turbulent years of OEO'S experiment in police-community relations in Washington, DC R.1: Police and citizens express their attitudes toward ...
1,766 viewsNine From Little Rock was digitally restored by the Motion Picture Preservation Lab for the 50th anniversary of its win for Best Short Documentary at the 1965 Academy Awards. Find out more about th...
1,486 viewsFrederick Douglass, ex-slave turned leading abolitionist, was the most photographed American of the 19th century. Now, as a result of research by John Stauffer, Douglass has emerged as a leading pione...
1,181 viewsCreator(s): Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. 1942-9/18/1947 (Most Recent) Series: Navy Motion Picture Film Productions, ca. 1939 - ca. 1947 Record...
1,254 viewsThis presentation will highlight some of the most important federal records for identifying former slaves and slave owners, including: Census Civil War and later military service and pensi...
1,169 viewsIn They Were Her Property, historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers has written a book that bridges women’s history, the history of the South, and African American history. Rather than land, women typica...
1,465 viewsThe Negro Soldier, 1944 (Digitally restored) ARC Identifier 35956 / Local Identifier 111-OF-51 Moving Images from the Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Offi...
1,241 viewsThe Stars for Freedom–a handful of celebrities both black and white–risked their careers by crusading for racial equality. Focusing on the “Leading Six” trailblazers—Harry Belafonte, Ossie D...
1,444 viewsAfrican American Life in Washington, DC, Before Emancipation As Washington became the focus of abolitionism before the Civil War, antislavery activists argued that the sight of slavery and slave deal...
1,200 viewsArchives technician Matthew Margis discusses the history of African American soldiers in World War I through the photographic holdings in the National Archives. ⇒ Event Evaluation Form: https://ww...
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