World black history

Examines black history from 1770 through 1870, discussing the lives of enslaved black men and women, acts of resistance and opposition to slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Emancipation Proclamation, and more; and includes a time line.

Examines black history from 1440 to 1770, discussing the beginning of the human slave trade, European traders, transporting slaves across the Atlantic, and more; and includes a time line.

Examines black history from 1968 until 2008, discussing race relations around the world, apartheid in South Africa, genocide in Rwanda, the assassination of Martin Luther King, affirmative action programs, Hurricane Katrina, artists and important figures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and more; and includes a time line.

Examines black history from antiquity until 1440, discussing early African societies, the rulers, religion, trade, and other topics; and includes a time line.

Examines black history from 1870 to 1940, discussing the discrimination following the abolition of slavery in the United States and globally, the founding of the NAACP, the Harlem Renaissance, musical traditions, sports, and related topics; and includes a time line.

Examines black history from 1940 until 1968, discussing the civil rights movement in the United States, racial segregation in World War II, "Brown v. Board of Education," the Notting Hill riots, the Pan-African movement, Martin Luther King, and more; and includes a time line.