This playlist catalogs BRIdge from the Past episodes that focus on primary sources related to the African-American experience in America. Use these videos alongside our Plainest Demands of Justice: Documents for Dialogue on the African-American experience.
CurriculumWhat progress has been made across time in the fight for realizing Founding principles of liberty, equality, and justice for African Americans?
In our Scholar Talk series "Black Intellectuals and the African-American Experience," BRI's Senior Teaching Fellow Tony Williams will be joined by scholars to discuss the unique ways Black intellectuals like Ralph Ellison, Anna Julia Cooper, and Frederick Douglass have contributed to understanding the African-American experience in America. How did they advance the struggle for civil rights and Founding ideals of equality, justice, and liberty?