Ancient DNA and U.S. History
Professors and researchers discussed new insights from research on the DNA of enslaved Africans American ironmakers at Catoctin Furnace, Maryland. This video was provided by Harvard’s Initia…
128 viewsProfessors and researchers discussed new insights from research on the DNA of enslaved Africans American ironmakers at Catoctin Furnace, Maryland. This video was provided by Harvard’s Initia…
128 viewsThe Association of Black Women Historians celebrated the careers and legacies of historians Paula Giddings, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, and Deborah Gray White. This event took place at the A…
621 viewsPanelists talked about the role of religion in the lives of African Americans. “What is African American Religion?” was a session of “The Future of the African American Past,” a conferenc…
1,569 viewsEditors-in-chief Henry Louis Gates and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham talked about African American National Biography. The collection, written by 1,000 scholars, includes the biographies of ove…
414 viewsCo-editprs Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham talked about their book African American Live, published by Oxford University Press. It is an encyclopedia-like compilation o…
391 viewsScholars talked about African-American participation in the legal profession and what the black community should expect from black lawyers. Following their remarks they answered questions fr…
194 viewsPortraying African-American historical figures, participants had a conversation about African-American history in order to provide an insight into the current status of African-Americans and…
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