The Amistad Commission

In 2005, New York’s Legislature created an Amistad Commission to review state curriculum regarding the slave trade. All people should know of and remember the human carnage and dehumanizing atrocities committed during the period of the African slave trade and slavery in America and consider the vestiges of slavery in this country. It is vital to educate our citizens on these events, the legacy of slavery, the sad history of racism in this country, and on the principles of human rights and dignity in a civilized society.

Governor Cuomo Announces Groundbreaking of $5.2 Million Mixed-Use Project in Buffalo's Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor

Governor Cuomo Highlights $250,000 in Funding for Buffalo’s Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission

Resources:

Governor Cuomo Announces Opening of New Black History Month Exhibit at the Capitol

Exhibit Photos Available Here

New York State Parks on Long Island Celebrate Black History Month

Statement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Governor Cuomo's Op-Ed in the Daily News: Martin Luther King's Crusade for Justice is not Over as New York Needs Criminal Justice Reform

Harlem's Schomburg Center has been named among 24 new National Historical Landmarks

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City represents the idea of the African Diaspora, a revolutionizing model for studying the history and culture of people of African descent that used a global, transnational perspective. The idea and the person who promoted it, Arthur (Arturo) Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938), an Afro-Latino immigrant and self-taught bibliophile, reflect the multicultural experience of America and the ideals that all Americans should have intellectual freedom and social equality.
See press release here.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

AFRICAN-AMERICAN BURIAL GROUND IN LOWER MANHATTAN

A Sacred Space in Manhattan: From about the 1690s until 1794, both free and enslaved Africans were buried in a 6.6-acre burial ground in Lower Manhattan, outside the boundaries of the settlement of New Amsterdam, later known as New York. Lost to history due to landfill and development, the grounds were rediscovered in 1991 as a consequence of the planned construction of a Federal office building.

April 20, 2016 Statement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Reports of Harriet Tubman Being Represented on $20 Bill

"Harriet Tubman was an iconic New Yorker who helped change the course of this nation, and she is well deserving of this distinction. She showed bravery and resilience in the face of injustice, putting her life and liberty at risk countless times for the freedom of others. Just as her home in Auburn, Cayuga County, stands as a landmark to her incredible history, this distinction will ensure that Harriet Tubman's legacy endures for generations yet to come."

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXHIBIT AT NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL
New Exhibit Pays Tribute to Ten African-American Activists Who Fought for Social Justice

STUDIO MUSEUM HARLEM

The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally and internationally and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. It is a site for the dynamic exchange of ideas about art and society.

SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE

Buffalo Soldiers: The First African American 'Park Rangers'

Celebrating Frederick Douglass

Governor Cuomo Announces Launch of the New 'Path Through History' Website in Recognition of New York State History Month

I Love NY

Paths Through History: Civil Rights

New York was a national center for abolitionism, where the NAACP was created and the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement. Sites across the state bring this heritage to life for lovers of justice and history. The homes of nationally famous abolitionists, from John Brown to Gerrit Smith, are ready to be toured, as is the home of the Underground Railroad's most famous "conductor," Harriet Tubman. Museums explore the life of Frederick Douglas , and the National Abolition Hall of Fame remains of those who fought for equality.

"Through the African American Lens"
Smithsonian
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Gateway to Freedom: The History of the Underground Railroad by Eric Foner Excerpt: New Book Documents Courage of Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad

The African-American Migration Experience- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Powerful Decade-Long Photo Project Retraces the Underground Railroad at Night by
Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales

Seneca Village

Seneca Village may possibly have been Manhattan's first stable community of African American property owners. Located from 81st to 89th Streets between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in what is now a section of Central Park, the village is important part of the history of New York City.

http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/seneca-village-site.html

CUNY-TV’s “Independent Sources” recently took a look at Seneca Village in “Lost and Found New York”

http://www.cuny.tv/show/independentsources/PR2003217

Return of the Red Tails

On Saturday, May 24, 2010, Wings of Eagles Discovery Center was proud to host the Return of the Red Tails event that featured a legendary group of African Americans, the Tuskegee Airmen. Nine members of the Airmen were able to attend including Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, a Tuskegee Airman and Red Tail Squadron commander, who was the gala's keynote speaker.

A special exhibit showcasing the history of the Tuskegee Airmen was on display for the event

The Tuskegee Airmen arrive at Wings of Eagles Discovery Center

A P-51 Mustang restored to look like one the Tuskegee Airmen would have flown (including the red tail!) did a fly-over during the event.

A P-51 Mustang restored to look like one the Tuskegee Airmen would have flown (including the red tail!) did a fly-over during the event.
For more photos, go to: http://www.wingsofeagles.com/?p=3272

For Young Readers:

A Free Woman On God's Earth: The True Story of Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom
By Jana Laiz and Ann-Elizabeth Barnes

A Free Woman On God's Earth is a juvenile biography for ages 8 and up containing over 40 illustrations. It is the story of Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, the enslaved African woman who had the courage and conviction to speak what was in her heart, suing for her freedom in a Massachusetts court of law. In gaining her own freedom, she set the stage for the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783. An engaging history that fulfils the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for third, fourth and fifth grades in the categories of Local Biography, Local History, Revolutionary War Heroes.

Pursuit of Freedom Abolitionist Brooklyn -

Pursuit of Freedom at the Brooklyn Historical Society

Learn more about African-American History Month Exhibits during the month of February:
The Amistad Commission and New York Department of State Celebrate African-American History Month (doc)

Audio Recording: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Address to the New York State Civil War Commission:

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/mlk/

New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War Online Exhibit

Civil War Soldier. J. Oldershaw, photographer, 1864.
Photograph print on carte-de-visite. Beinecke Library, Yale University.

For Young Readers:

Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man
By Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin

As featured in the motion picture film of the same name.
The original adult version of same title was written by
Solomon Northup, a free African American and native of
Saratoga, New York.

Wings of Eagles Discovery Center

Featured Exibits:

Bessie Coleman (1893-1926)

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen, one of the exhibits
honoring the African-American impact
in World War II at the Wings of Eagles
Discovery Center

Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region

The 13th Annual Underground Railroad Public History Conference Organized by Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc. – April 11-13, 2014 at Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

In 2014 Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region has chosen to focus on the role of slavery as the impetus for the Underground Railroad movement, and to investigate the legacy of slavery against which the Underground Railroad movement is interpreted and made relevant for us today. The enslavement of African descended people in the Americas, and the United States in particular, has contributed to the historical and cultural setting in which we find ourselves.

We invite proposals that address reinterpretations, teaching, new research, and other ways that illustrate, address and celebrate the story historically and contemporarily. Also welcomed are proposals related to the Underground Railroad Movement, enslavement, or emancipation in the United States, and the relevance for us today.

For more information: http://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/category/annual-conference/

Abolitionists, the Underground Railroad and the Struggle for Freedom in New York
Sunday, September 22, 2013 1-2:30 PM. New York State Museum

Courtesy of the Albany Institute of History & Art


Sanford Robinson Gifford on National Guard Duty for the Union	A poster announcing a speech by Civil Rights Leader and Founder of the National Council of Negro Women Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune

Courtesy of the New York State Military Museum


Brady Harper’s Ferry	Unidentified African-American from the Civil War

Courtesy of the Rensselaer County Historical Society

Liberty Street Presbyterian Church / Rev. Henry Highland Garnet

Rev. Henry Highland Garnet was an important figure in the abolitionist movement. Henry Highland Garnet was born into slavery in Maryland in 1815. When his master dies in 1824, his family escaped from slavery and ends up in New York City in 1826. In 1840, Garnet travels to Troy to become a teacher in a school for African-American children. In 1842, Garnet was ordained by the Troy Presbytery and he becomes the first minister of the Liberty Street Presbyterian Church, an African-American congregation.

After this, Rev. Garnet becomes active in the anti-slavery movement. He was involved with the American Anti-Slavery society. He published and distributed a small paper The Clarion, whose objective was "to aid the Negro in all aspects of his emancipation." With William G. Allen, also of Troy, he produced the periodical The National Watchman. Unfortunately, no copies of The Clarion exist.

A.M.E. Zion Church Board & Trustees / Draft Riot Proclamation / A.M.E. Zion Church

RCHS has a letter from Mr. Charles Gidney, in the group photograph, to the Mayor describing the horrors of the draft riots that occurred in Troy.

Courtesy of the Buffalo State University

Uncrowned Queens Archives

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:

An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War
Saturday, September 22, 2012 - Sunday, September 22, 2013
Exhibition Hall
For more information: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/special/CivilWar.cfm

I Shall Think of You Often: The Civil War Story of Doctor and Mary Tarbell
Saturday, March 30, 2013 - Sunday, September 22, 2013
South Lobby
For more information: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/special/tarbell.cfm

MORE EXHIBITS AT NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM:
Black Capital: Harlem in the 20s – http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/longterm/harlem.html

Groups/Projects:

The Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project (MHAHP) is a non-profit group created in 2006 to bring together researchers, educators, community leaders, and members of the public to:

Conduct and synthesize research on the history of antislavery in the Mid-Hudson Valley, with special emphasis on the Underground Railroad
Interpret this history and share these interpretations with a wide array of residents and visitors in our area, with particular attention to students and youth; and
Place this local history in the broader contexts of racial slavery in the New World, the African-American experience, and antislavery legacies today, including the impact of this historic grassroots movement on subsequent struggles for racial and social justice.

Underground Railroad History Project researches and preserves the local and national history of the anti-slavery and Underground Railroad movements, their international connections, and their legacies to later struggles; it engages in public education and dialogue about these movements and their relevance to modern society. Find out more at: www.UndergroundRailroadHistory.org

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• The Atlantic: December 30, 2017 The 'Double Punishment' for Black Undocumented Immigrants

• Politico: December 28, 2017 Dick Gregory: The Revolutionary of African-American Comedy: 1932-2017

• New York Times: November 6, 2017 Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History

• Rolling Stone: October 25, 2017 Fats Domino, Rock and Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89

• Time: October 24, 2017 Actor Robert Guillaume Dies at 89

• New York Times: October 23, 2017 After a Late Start, an Artist’s Big Break: Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait

• The Root: October 13, 2017 Writer-Director Angela Robinson Tells the Story of How Psychology and Polyamory Created Wonder Woman

• Journal-Isms: October 13, 2017 Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Wins MacArthur Fellowship

• New York Times: September 7, 2017 Kara Walker Traces Slavery's Bitter Legacy With New Ways of Drawing

• New York Times: August 20, 2017 Confederate Statues and 'Our' History

• New York Times: August 18, 2017 An Antebellum Hero, but to Whom?

• Democrat & Chronicle: May 18, 2017 Editorial: Unearth the cost of slavery in New York

• Black Perspectives: April 21, 2017 Blackness, a Haunted History

• Associated Press: March 31, 2017 Rare Harriet Tubman photo sells for $161,000

• Syracuse Post-Standard: March 30, 2017 CNY Tubman museum didn't get Harriet Tubman photo auctioned today

• UN News Centre: March 24, 2017 PHOTO FEATURE: The enduring legacy of the transatlantic slave trade

• New York Times: March 12, 2017 A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Save Georgetown

• New York Times: March 5, 2017 Confronting Academia's Ties to Slavery

• Post-Journal: February 27, 2017 Former Residents Share Importance Of Black History Month

• WNBC-TV: February 25, 2017 Kindergartner Transforms Into Rosa Parks and Other Black Female Icons

• New York Times: February 24, 2017 Harriet Tubman's Path to Freedom

• New York Times: February 24, 2017 In Florida, Solemn Shadows of the Early Underground Railroad

• New York Times: February 22, 2017 A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters

• Amsterdam News: February 16, 2017 LinkNYC teams up with Silicon Harlem to celebrate Black History Month

• USA Today: February 11, 2017 New photo shows "beautiful, resilient" Harriet Tubman

• New York Times: February 9, 2017 It's Black History Month. Look in the Mirror

• Albany Times-Union: February 8, 2017 Black History Month display set up at State Capitol

• Albany Times-Union: February 8, 2017 Photos: Black History Month celebrated in Albany

• Observer-Dispatch: February 8, 2017 Cuomo announces Black History Month exhibit

• Travel and Leisure: February 8, 2017 The Most Historic Spots Around the Country to Visit This Black History Month

• Theroot.com: February 8, 2017 Here's a New Photo of Harriet Tubman

• New York Times: February 6, 2017 A Lesson in Black History

• New York Times: February 4, 2017 In Covering Civil Rights, Reporter Enhanced His Words With Film

• New York Times: February 4, 2017 The History the Slaveholders Wanted Us to Forget

• New York Times: February 1, 2017 Celebrating Black History With The New York Times

• New York Daily News: January 31, 2017 Black History Month exhibit salutes comic artists and other pioneers

• AM New York; January 31, 2017 Black History Month: Celebrate in NYC with tours, talks and more

• News Americas Now: January 31, 2017 West Indian Blacks In U.S. History – 10 Things You Should Know This Black History Month

• New York Times: January 27, 2017 A Film Series Honors Black Women Directors

• New York Times: January 27, 2017 Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street

• New York Daily News: January 27, 2017 King: Woman who lied about Emmett Till should be prosecuted and all historical accounts should be revised

• Atlanta Black Star: January 26, 2017 First Black Female Pilot Bessie Coleman Honored with Google Doodle, Others Reflect on Her Impact

• New York Times: January 23, 2017 Columbia Unearths Its Ties to Slavery

• Vogue: January 19, 2017 Sadie Barnette Turned Her Black Panther Father's FBI File Into Art

• Amsterdam News: January 19, 2017 Pioneering psychiatrist, Dr. Phyllis Harrison-Ross, passes at 80

• New York Times: January 17, 2017 On a Day for King, a Rare Victory in the Sport of Kings

• Buffalo News: January 15, 2017 Q&A: Niagara Falls' William Bradberry talks about Underground Railroad, racism

• New York Times: January 13, 2017 Lady Liberty Will Be a Black Woman on a U.S. Coin

• New York Times: January 12, 2017 Park Service Names 24 Diverse National Landmarks

• Harlem Patch: January 11, 2017 Harlem's Schomburg Center Designated National Historic Landmark

• USA Today: January 10, 2017 National park honoring Underground Railroad heroine Harriet Tubman made official

• WSYR-TV: January 10, 2017 Harriet Tubman's Auburn home becomes a National Historical Park

• Timeout New York: January 9, 2017 Martin Luther King Day in NYC guide

• The New Yorker: December 28, 2016 A Living Monument to the Ghosts of American Slavery

• New York Times: December 23, 2016 Inside a Report on Slavery and Its Legacy

• Albany Times-Union: December 9, 2016 Reburial of slave remains wins historic recognition

• New York Times: October 20, 2016 In Georgetown, Saving a History Etched in Stone

• Huffington Post: September 26, 2016 Here's Why August 28 Is Such An Important Date In Black History

• Voices of NY/The Uptowner: September 26, 2016 What's Next for the Harlem African Burial Ground

• New York Daily News: September 20, 2016Activists fight to stop Chelsea building owner from adding penthouse suite to Underground Railroad landmark

• UPI: September 14, 2016Smithsonian's Museum of African American History set for grand opening

• Chicago Tribune: September 14, 2016New Smithsonian African-American museum a powerful statement

• The New Yorker: August 29, 2016Making a Home for Black History

• WUNC.org: August 8, 2016Colson Whitehead's 'Underground Railroad' Is A Literal Train To Freedom

• New York Times: August 2, 2016Colson Whitehead on Slavery, Success and Writing the Novel That Really Scared Him

• Smithsonian Magazine: July 28, 2016How Sojourner Truth Used Photography to Help End Slavery

• Amsterdam News: July 28, 2016A fascinating look at an America where slavery never died

• New York Times: July 26, 2016Yes, Slaves Did Help Build the White House

• New York Times: July 10, 2016Intent on a Reckoning With Georgetown's Slavery-Stained Past

• DNAInfo.com: July 7, 2016 500 Graves Discovered at One of Country's First Settlements of Free Blacks

• New York Times: June 6, 2016 Muhammad Ali: Never the White Man's Negro

• Press Republican: May 22, 2016 Keeping the Spirit Alive

• New York Times: May 18, 2016 'Roots,' Remade for a New Era

• New York Times: May 12, 2016 A Fictional Apology to Dred Scott, Born of a Real Family's Painful Legacy

• Associated Press: May 12, 2016 Honor at last: Former slaves reburied centuries later

• Education Week: May 6, 2016 Praise for a Book That Will Change Teaching About Slavery

• Wall Street Journal: May 5, 2016 African films are Celebrated at City Festival

• New York Times: May 4, 2016 This is Harriet Tubman, Who Will Appear on the $20 Bill. Accept No Substitutes.

• New York Times: April 27, 2016 Horace Ward, U.S. Judge Who Triumphed Over Bias, Dies at 88

• The Atlantic: December 30, 2017
The 'Double Punishment' for Black Undocumented Immigrants

• Politico: December 28, 2017
Dick Gregory: The Revolutionary of African-American Comedy: 1932-2017

• New York Times: November 6, 2017
Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History

• Rolling Stone: October 25, 2017
Fats Domino, Rock and Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89

• Time: October 24, 2017
Actor Robert Guillaume Dies at 89

• New York Times: October 23, 2017
After a Late Start, an Artist’s Big Break: Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait

• The Root: October 13, 2017
Writer-Director Angela Robinson Tells the Story of How Psychology and Polyamory Created Wonder Woman

• Journal-Isms: October 13, 2017
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Wins MacArthur Fellowship

• New York Times: September 7, 2017
Kara Walker Traces Slavery's Bitter Legacy With New Ways of Drawing

• New York Times: August 20, 2017
Confederate Statues and 'Our' History

• New York Times: August 18, 2017
An Antebellum Hero, but to Whom?

• Democrat & Chronicle: May 18, 2017
Editorial: Unearth the cost of slavery in New York

• Black Perspectives: April 21, 2017
Blackness, a Haunted History

• Associated Press: March 31, 2017
Rare Harriet Tubman photo sells for $161,000

• Syracuse Post-Standard: March 30, 2017
CNY Tubman museum didn't get Harriet Tubman photo auctioned today

• UN News Centre: March 24, 2017
PHOTO FEATURE: The enduring legacy of the transatlantic slave trade

• New York Times: March 12, 2017
A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Save Georgetown

• New York Times: March 5, 2017
Confronting Academia's Ties to Slavery

• Post-Journal: February 27, 2017
Former Residents Share Importance Of Black History Month

• WNBC-TV: February 25, 2017
Kindergartner Transforms Into Rosa Parks and Other Black Female Icons

• New York Times: February 24, 2017
Harriet Tubman's Path to Freedom

• New York Times: February 24, 2017
In Florida, Solemn Shadows of the Early Underground Railroad

• New York Times: February 22, 2017
A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters

• Amsterdam News: February 16, 2017
LinkNYC teams up with Silicon Harlem to celebrate Black History Month

• USA Today: February 11, 2017
New photo shows "beautiful, resilient" Harriet Tubman

• New York Times: February 9, 2017
It's Black History Month. Look in the Mirror

• Albany Times-Union: February 8, 2017
Black History Month display set up at State Capitol

• Albany Times-Union: February 8, 2017
Photos: Black History Month celebrated in Albany

• Observer-Dispatch: February 8, 2017
Cuomo announces Black History Month exhibit

• Travel and Leisure: February 8, 2017
The Most Historic Spots Around the Country to Visit This Black History Month

• Theroot.com: February 8, 2017
Here's a New Photo of Harriet Tubman

• New York Times: February 6, 2017
A Lesson in Black History

• New York Times: February 4, 2017
In Covering Civil Rights, Reporter Enhanced His Words With Film

• New York Times: February 4, 2017
The History the Slaveholders Wanted Us to Forget

• New York Times: February 1, 2017
Celebrating Black History With The New York Times

• New York Daily News: January 31, 2017
Black History Month exhibit salutes comic artists and other pioneers

• AM New York; January 31, 2017
Black History Month: Celebrate in NYC with tours, talks and more

• News Americas Now: January 31, 2017
West Indian Blacks In U.S. History – 10 Things You Should Know This Black History Month

• New York Times: January 27, 2017
A Film Series Honors Black Women Directors

• New York Times: January 27, 2017
Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street

• New York Daily News: January 27, 2017
King: Woman who lied about Emmett Till should be prosecuted and all historical accounts should be revised

• Atlanta Black Star: January 26, 2017
First Black Female Pilot Bessie Coleman Honored with Google Doodle, Others Reflect on Her Impact

• New York Times: January 23, 2017
Columbia Unearths Its Ties to Slavery

• Vogue: January 19, 2017
Sadie Barnette Turned Her Black Panther Father's FBI File Into Art

• Amsterdam News: January 19, 2017
Pioneering psychiatrist, Dr. Phyllis Harrison-Ross, passes at 80

• New York Times: January 17, 2017
On a Day for King, a Rare Victory in the Sport of Kings

• Buffalo News: January 15, 2017
Q&A: Niagara Falls' William Bradberry talks about Underground Railroad, racism

• New York Times: January 13, 2017
Lady Liberty Will Be a Black Woman on a U.S. Coin

• New York Times: January 12, 2017
Park Service Names 24 Diverse National Landmarks

• Harlem Patch: January 11, 2017
Harlem's Schomburg Center Designated National Historic Landmark

• USA Today: January 10, 2017
National park honoring Underground Railroad heroine Harriet Tubman made official

• WSYR-TV: January 10, 2017
Harriet Tubman's Auburn home becomes a National Historical Park

• Timeout New York: January 9, 2017
Martin Luther King Day in NYC guide

• The New Yorker: December 28, 2016
A Living Monument to the Ghosts of American Slavery

• New York Times: December 23, 2016
Inside a Report on Slavery and Its Legacy

• Albany Times-Union: December 9, 2016
Reburial of slave remains wins historic recognition

• New York Times: October 20, 2016
In Georgetown, Saving a History Etched in Stone

• Huffington Post: September 26, 2016
Here's Why August 28 Is Such An Important Date In Black History

• Voices of NY/The Uptowner: September 26, 2016
What's Next for the Harlem African Burial Ground

• New York Daily News: September 20, 2016
Activists fight to stop Chelsea building owner from adding penthouse suite to Underground Railroad landmark

• UPI: September 14, 2016
Smithsonian's Museum of African American History set for grand opening

• Chicago Tribune: September 14, 2016
New Smithsonian African-American museum a powerful statement

• The New Yorker: August 29, 2016
Making a Home for Black History

• WUNC.org: August 8, 2016
Colson Whitehead's 'Underground Railroad' Is A Literal Train To Freedom

• New York Times: August 2, 2016
Colson Whitehead on Slavery, Success and Writing the Novel That Really Scared Him

• Smithsonian Magazine: July 28, 2016
How Sojourner Truth Used Photography to Help End Slavery

• Amsterdam News: July 28, 2016
A fascinating look at an America where slavery never died

• New York Times: July 26, 2016
Yes, Slaves Did Help Build the White House

• New York Times: July 10, 2016
Intent on a Reckoning With Georgetown's Slavery-Stained Past

• DNAInfo.com: July 7, 2016
500 Graves Discovered at One of Country's First Settlements of Free Blacks

• New York Times: June 6, 2016
Muhammad Ali: Never the White Man's Negro

• Press Republican: May 22, 2016
Keeping the Spirit Alive

• New York Times: May 18, 2016
'Roots,' Remade for a New Era

• New York Times: May 12, 2016
A Fictional Apology to Dred Scott, Born of a Real Family's Painful Legacy

• Associated Press: May 12, 2016
Honor at last: Former slaves reburied centuries later

• Education Week: May 6, 2016
Praise for a Book That Will Change Teaching About Slavery

• Wall Street Journal: May 5, 2016
African films are Celebrated at City Festival

• New York Times: May 4, 2016
This is Harriet Tubman, Who Will Appear on the $20 Bill. Accept No Substitutes.

• New York Times: April 27, 2016
Horace Ward, U.S. Judge Who Triumphed Over Bias, Dies at 88

• Albany Times-Union: April 28, 2016
State copy of Emancipation Proclamation to get new case