Milestones in Black American history

Describes the historical event known as the Great Migration which occurred between 1910 and 1930, when over one million African-Americans left the rural South for the cities of the North.

Chronicles the civil rights efforts of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

A chronology of significant events in African-American history from 1931 to 1947.

Explores the experience of African-Americans in the United States from 1948 through 1956, a time that encompassed the integration of the military and the beginnings of the civil rights movement.

Looks at the situation of African-Americans from 1877 to 1895 when federal troops withdrew from the South and left the newly-freed slaves at the mercy of slaveholders who enacted laws enforcing segregation.

An account of the history, architecture, and artistic achievements of West African kingdoms up to 1900.

Presents a partial history of slavery and the abolitionist movement in the United States.

A history of early exploration in the Americas and Africa and an examination of the slave trade that followed.

Chronicles the years between Nat Turner's revolt and Congress's passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

Examines social and political conditions in the U.S. before the start of the Civil War and how African-American men and women contributed to the fight against slavery as abolitionists, writers, lecturers, editors, and politicians between 1851 and 1861.