Explore the African-American community's influence on the history and culture of Kansas City.

Covers more than 500 years of African-American history from the slave trade to the Civil Rights movement to the present day.

Includes works on the transatlantic slave trade and the global abolition movement.

Documents and collections from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world.

Browse topics to discover “African American Perspectives” from pre-colonial times to the present.

Essays and images that cover blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.

Hear the music from America’s past, including songs by and about slaves, and the songs of the Civil Rights movement.

Nonfiction writings that presents what it is to be black in America. Includes the only full run of The Black Panther newspaper.

The largest and most comprehensive collection of streaming jazz available online.

Biographies of activists, former slaves, artists, athletes, educators, lawyers, writers, scientists, and more.

Includes biographies of African Americans from Hank Aaron to Zendaya.

Learn about Black Americans from leaders of the Civil Rights Movement to the women of color who are transforming politics from the ground up.

Stories and memoirs for kids that highlight the lives of Black people who have changed the world.