This course covers slavery in America in full — how it operated, how people lived under it, how they resisted, how families were sold and separated, and how laws, churches, and governments protected it. We examine daily life, violence, culture, escape, rebellion, and how slavery shaped the nation long after emancipation.

This lesson breaks down Union vs Confederates beyond the textbook — the issues that existed before the Civil War, what triggered the split, the real motives behind secession, how the war unfolded, the flag controversies, POW camps and “concentration style” prisons, and how the outcome shaped laws, identity, and racial politics long after the fighting stopped.

Reconstruction was the period immediately after slavery when Black people briefly gained rights, land, offices, schools and communities. This course explores the promise of Reconstruction — how Black progress surged — and how white backlash, violence and policy rolled it back, shaping the next century of inequality.

This course covers the violent race massacres that erupted across the U.S. — from Slocum to the St. Bernard Parish killings to northern church-led mob attacks. Unlike the destruction of Black towns for land, these events were open racial wars meant to terrorize, punish Black progress, and enforce white control through mass violence.

This course examines the Black towns and freedom colonies built after slavery — from Rosewood to Greenwood to the communities drowned under Lake Lanier — and how white violence, arson, and state policy repeatedly destroyed them. We trace the pattern of building, burning, and forced displacement that made Black communities start over again and again.

This course covers the Jim Crow era — the laws, violence and unwritten rules that enforced white supremacy after slavery. From literacy tests and sundown towns to bans on wealth, voting and movement, we examine how Jim Crow controlled where Black people could live, travel, work, speak, and survive in America.

This course explores the fight for access — the sit-ins, wait-ins, pray-ins and other non-violent actions Black Americans used to challenge segregation in schools, libraries, churches, restaurants and beaches. These were not simple protests — they were strategic acts to claim rights already paid for with Black taxes, labor and citizenship.

This lesson explores why Black distrust of the U.S. government is rooted in documented history — from COINTELPRO’s attacks on Black leaders, to radiation testing in Black communities, to the syphilis experiments on Black men. These were not rumors — they were official programs that targeted Black people and shaped generations of justified distrust.

This course explores the blended histories of Africans and Native nations — from the Black Seminoles of Florida and Oklahoma, to the Mascogo community in Mexico that still marks Juneteenth, to the Maroon settlements hidden in Louisiana’s bayous. We trace how these Afro-Indigenous worlds formed, why they survived outside the record, and why this history was deliberately left untaught.

HBCUs were created because Black students were denied entry to white colleges. This course explores why they existed, the communities they built, the leaders they produced, and the tragedies and attacks they survived — from bombings to funding cuts — and why HBCUs still matter today.

This course highlights lesser-known Black figures whose impact was erased or ignored — spies like Mary Bowser, voices like Paul Robeson, organizers, inventors, teachers and freedom fighters who shaped history but rarely appear in textbooks. We recover their names, their work and why they still matter today.

This course uncovers New Orleans’ buried Black history — from the St. Bernard Parish Massacre to slave markets, Creole resistance, Maroon settlements in the swamps, uprisings, and erased Black districts. We trace the stories that shaped the city but were never taught, showing how Black New Orleanians built, resisted, and survived in a city that rewrote the record.

This course uncovers Louisiana’s buried Black history — from slave revolts to the Colfax Massacre, stolen towns, Reconstruction violence, and attacks on Black voting and land. Louisiana was not an exception; it was a frontline of terror, resistance, and erased stories that shaped the state and the South.

This course traces Black political power — from early Black Republicans to Fannie Lou Hamer’s fight inside the Democratic Party, voter suppression boards, freedom ballots, and the long struggle to gain and protect voting rights. We show how policy, parties, and protest shaped Black life and why politics has never been neutral for Black people.

This course examines cases where the justice system failed Black people — from Angola’s “slave plantation” prison to the Groveland Four, George Stinney Jr., false charges, coerced confessions, lynch-law trials and state-sanctioned punishment. We study how “justice” in America often meant “just us” on the receiving end

This course reclaims African history beyond colonizers — from Black rulers like Cleopatra, to the creation of Liberia, to the cultures, kingdoms and people erased from the narrative. We examine how Africa is discussed without Africans, and how rewriting its past was used to justify slavery, racism and Western power.

This course highlights the inventions, art forms, political strategies, styles and cultural movements created by Black people that shaped America and the world — from music to medicine to language to activism — often without credit or ownership. We trace how Black innovation became the blueprint for pop culture and modern life.

This course covers current events affecting Black life today — from attacks on Black fathers and HBCUs to fights over CRT, Confederate nostalgia, policing, politics, and government policy. We connect what is happening now to the historical patterns behind it, so you understand not just the news — but the strategy.

This course challenges the idea that “all lives matter” by tracing how Black lives were treated as expendable — from enslaved children sold and discarded, to the eugenics movement that targeted Black birth, to hidden camps, medical abuse and state neglect. We examine how America’s history proves that all lives were never treated as equal.

Real recorded interviews with elders who lived through segregation, Jim Crow, and everyday Black life in earlier generations. These are first-hand stories told by the people who were there — offering truth, memory, and lived experience you won’t find in textbooks.

A fun, kid-friendly space where children learn Black history through cartoons, songs, and simple lessons. Each video brings heroic stories, important events, and cultural pride to life in a way young learners can enjoy and understand. Perfect for parents and educators who want to introduce Black history early in an engaging and age-appropriate way.

This lesson series explores the Civil Rights Movement through the lives of individuals honored at the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. Students will learn about people who were murdered between 1954 and 1968 while fighting for equality, justice, and civil rights, and why their stories still matter today.

This course explores the powerful and often painful civil rights history of Alabama. This course examines key events, people, and moments that shaped the Civil Rights Movement, from everyday citizens to nationally known leaders. Students will learn why Alabama became a focal point for change and how its stories helped transform the nation.

Women of the Movement highlights the often-overlooked women who shaped the Civil Rights Movement. Through powerful stories of Black and allied women—including organizers, students, and activists—this course explores courage, sacrifice, and leadership across race and region, showing how women stood at the forefront of the fight for justice and equality.