Resources
Articles, books, and other educational material on the histories and memorials of enslaved Africans and their descendants across the United States
K-12 Resources
Washington Post, “Who owned slaves in Congress?”
The Washington Post has compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents
NY Times, “The 1619 Project and the Demands of Public History”
The ambitious Times endeavor, now in book form, reveals the difficulties that greet a journalistic project when it aspires to shift a founding narrative of the past.
Swayne, “Map reveals that lynching extended far beyond the deep south”
While most people tend to thinking of lynchings as something that mostly happened in the South, mob violence was widespread in the United States from 1883 to 1941, and its victims included nearly all races and ethnicities, according to researchers. An interactive map shows the extent of this particularly brutal form of violence.
Racial Justice in Education
A guide to how to approach racial justice in education, how to talk about race, as well as guides for assessment, planning and action.
Oh Freedom! Project (CAS + MHAHP)
“Oh, Freedom!” is a project to help promote an understanding of the history of slavery and freedom movements in New York State, and to connect that history to our ongoing fight for justice today. Download their New York State Abolition Timeline here.