A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress

A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress African American life at the turn of the 20th century is...

W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exhibition

Horse-drawn carriage in front of corner drugstore. Georgia, ca. 1900 Included in an award-winning exhibit at the Paris Exposition, this phot...

Alexander Crummell, Cambridge's first black graduate

Alexander Crummell, Cambridge University's first black student to graduate in the 19th century. Stephen Bates of The UK Guardian report...

The Decaying Historic Alexander Crummell School

That little building is sitting on a big sea of gravel, full of opportunity. (Lydia DePillis) From the Washington City Paper , "City Pu...

Of Alexander Crummell by W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963). The Souls of Black Folk. 1903. Chapter XII: Of Alexander Crummell THIS is the history of a human heart,—the ta...

New Hampshire Slave Trade

SLAVERY in NEW HAMPSHIRE From Slavery in the North -- African slaves were noted in New Hampshire by 1645. They concentrated in the area aro...

'The Dumbest Generation' by Mark Bauerlein

'The Dumbest Generation' by Mark Bauerlein How dumb are we? Thanks to the Internet, dumb and dumber, this author writes, Book Review...

Edgefield District Pottery: Origins of Southern Stoneware

The Augusta Chronicle  reported on 19 February 2004, "Edgefield District jugs, jars are becoming prized pottery" -- Cool to the to...