African American philanthropic organizations, and various religious organizations, most notably the American Baptist Home Mission Society, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the American Missionary Association, to establish colleges, universities and seminaries. These institutions – historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) would eventually number more than two hundred and establish a rich academic and intellectual tradition within Black America.

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The Little Rock Nine was the name given to nine students who bravely integrated Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957. Watch a moderated panel discussion with members of the group as they share the circumstances and decisions that led them to enter the doors of Central High School and the lasting impact of this experience.

Anne & Emmett is an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, both victims of racial intolerance and hatred.

Tuskegee Airmen continued to combat discrimination within the U.S. military even after receiving their training.

In his 1900 autobiography, Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington wrote: "I had no schooling whatever while I was a slave, though I remember on several occasions I went as far as the schoolhouse door with one of my young mistresses to carry her books. The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression on me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise."