African-American History

Lincoln University Rekindles Historic Relationship With a 169-Year-Old Church

Hosanna Church, near the campus of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, was built in 1843. Many of the university's first students were members of the Hosanna congregation.

University of Virginia Honors a Former Slave

Henry Martin was hired in 1847 as a janitor and to ring the university's bell every hour. He did so until 1909.

Ole Miss Shares Its Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University’s Racial Integration

The University of Mississippi has held a series of events commemorating the racial integration of the university 50 years ago.

The First College Stop of Joseph McGill’s Slave Dwelling Project Tour

McGill sleeps in dwellings that once housed slaves in an effort to garner publicity to preserve these historical buildings as a reminder of our past. His latest stop was at Sweet Briar College in Virginia.

Ole Miss Receives the Papers of a Bishop Who 50 Years Ago Called for the University’s Integration

Bishop Duncan Gray Jr.'s collection includes hundreds of letters in support and in opposition to his stance that racial segregation was incompatible with the Christian faith.

The University of Rochester’s New Online Archive of Historical Documents Relating to Abolition

Included in the archives are letters to the Post family of Rochester from Sojourner Truth, Harriet Jacobs, and Frederick Douglass.

Wake Forest University Celebrates 50 Years of Racial Integration

In 1962, Ed Reynolds from Ghana became the first Black student to enroll as a full-time student at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He returned to the university this past weekend to relate his experiences to current students.

Duke University Acquires the Papers of John Hope Franklin

The archive includes more than 300 boxes of materials which include diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, drafts of speeches, photographs, and video recordings.

Papers of Pearl Cleage Housed at Emory University Archives

A graduate of Spelman College, Cleage is best known for her novels What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day and Babylon Sisters.

Arizona State University Honors Its First Black Football Player

In 1937 Emerson Harvey was the first Black player at ASU. His presence on the football team at the university served to play a major role in the racial integration of college sports in the southwest.

Emory University Expands Its African Origins Database

Emory has added the names of an additional 80,000 African captives who were victims of the illegal slave trade.

The University of Georgia to Mark the 50th Anniversary of Its First Black Graduate

On August 16, 1962, Mary Frances Early earned a master's degree in music education at the University of Georgia.

Controversial Murals Find a New Home at the University of Georgia

Murals depicting slavery that had adorned the walls of the Georgia Department of Agriculture will now be displayed at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia.

Pauli Murray Named a Saint of the Episcopal Church

In 1938, she mounted an unsuccessful legal effort to gain admission to the all-white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

University of Missouri Kansas City Receives Archives of Jazz Legend

Ahmad Alaadeen was a fixture on the Kansas City jazz scene and in 2010 was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Jazz Museum.

New Book Explores the Impact of Early Photography on African Americans

Co-editor Maurice Wallace of Duke states that "early photography helped the U.S. visualize the possibility of African-Americans as proper and fully engaged citizens in our democracy."

How HBCUs Contributed to the 1940s War Effort

A U.S. government video from the 1940s describes how several historically Black colleges and universities were contributing to the war effort.

Emory University Acquires a Vast Archive of Photographs of African Americans

The more than 10,000 photographs, collected by Robert Langmuir of Philadelphia, contain images from the 1840s to the 1970s.

Historical Mural to Be Restored and Displayed at the University of Arkansas Little Rock

Images on the 1935 mural, entitled "The Struggle of the South," include sharecroppers and a lynching.

Author’s Son Seeks Ownership of a Malcolm X Letter Now in the Syracuse University Archives

The son of Alex Haley, who helped Malcolm X with his autobiography, states that the letter may be worth as much as $650,000.
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