Go deeper: oppression and resistance

The triangle trade and the colonial table, sugar, tea, and slavery
An African muslim among the founding fathers, Charles Willson Peale’s Yarrow Mamout
Before the Civil War, the Mexican-American War as prelude
Seneca Village: the lost history of African Americans in New York
Cultures and slavery in the American south: a Face Jug from Edgefield county
Cotton, oil, and the economics of history
Representing freedom during the Civil War
Carving out a life after slavery
Martyr or murderer? Hovenden's The Last Moments of John Brown
An artifact of racism: a Connecticut Klan robe
A beacon of hope, Aaron Douglas's Aspiration
Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series (*long version*)
Romare Bearden, Factory Workers
Horace Pippin's Mr. Prejudice
Harlem 1948, Ralph Ellison, Gordon Parks and the photo essay
A Harlem street scene by Jacob Lawrence, Ambulance Call
Identity and civil rights in 1960s America
An unflinching memorial to civil rights martyrs, Thornton Dial's Blood and Meat
History and deception: Kenseth Armstead’s Surrender Yorktown 1781
Reflecting on "We the People"
Titus Kaphar, The Cost of Removal
Turning Uncle Tom's Cabin upside down, Alison Saar's Topsy and the Golden Fleece