The African-American experience

History of the African-American quest to vote and have a voice in government, beginning in the years prior to the American Revolution through 1995.

Surveys the organizations, personalities, and groupings that comprise the African-American movement of the 1990s.

An account of the African-American press from the first African-American newspaper to the integration of African-American journalists into the mainstream of American journalism.

Traces the influence of race on baseball before and after 1946, when the sport was no longer segregated, highlighting the achievements of several African American players such as Bud Fowler and Fleet Walker.

A selection of narratives dictated or written by former women slaves, describing the hardships particular to women in bondage like rape and theft of children.

Surveys the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and its achievements in the civil rights movement.

Presents the history of the struggle against segregation in education.

Contains selections from the writings of African slaves. These personal narratives, originally published in nineteenth-century newspapers, played a role in turning public opinion against slavery as an institution.