Stories of Slavery, From Those Who Survived It
The Federal Writers’ Project narratives provide an all-too-rare link to our past.
Inheritance
How Black America is shaping the nation
Information
This work was commissioned, produced, and edited by The Atlantic's editorial staff. Support for this work was provided in part by the organizations listed here.
Support for this project was provided by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
A Priceless Archive of Ordinary Life
To preserve Black history, a 19th-century Philadelphian filled hundreds of scrapbooks with newspaper clippings and other materials. But now underfunding and physical decay are putting archives like this one at risk.
Ghosts in Schools
With lines from In the Wake, by Christina Sharpe
We Were the Last of the Nice Negro Girls
In 1968, history found us at a small women’s college, forging our Black identity and empowering our defiance.
Illuminating the Whole American Idea
Introducing “Inheritance”