by Erica Cavanaugh | Aug 12, 2025
The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers, edited by Jean Fagan Yellin and published by UNC Press in 2008, is a two‑volume annotated collection offering nearly 300 primary source documents from over 900 discovered items relating to Harriet Jacobs, her activist brother John S....
by Erica Cavanaugh | Aug 12, 2025
The MGPP program at UCLA’s African Studies Center focuses on the legacy of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). It examines Garvey’s historical significance as a leader within the broader African and African‑American struggle for...
by Erica Cavanaugh | Aug 12, 2025
The Freedmen and Southern Society Project, established in 1976 at the University of Maryland, produces a documentary history of emancipation during the Civil War and early Reconstruction (1861–1867) through firsthand voices of freed African‑Americans, former...
by Erica Cavanaugh | Aug 12, 2025
This collection presents the writings of Florence Kelley, a prominent reformer and social justice advocate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally published by University of Illinois Press, the letters—edited by Kathryn Kish Sklar and Beverly Wilson...
by Erica Cavanaugh | Aug 12, 2025
The Architecture of Thomas Jefferson, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia, is an interdisciplinary project that explores Jefferson’s architectural works and his contributions to American architecture....
