African American history

Scholar unearths ‘extraordinary’ lost writing by formerly enslaved man John Swanson Jacobs painting

Scholar unearths ‘extraordinary’ lost writing by formerly enslaved man

Jonathan D.S. Schroeder, PhD'16, helps republish 1855 autobiography by John Swanson Jacobs

Piece of earliest known Black-produced film found hiding in plain sight Black and white still from the film The Trooper of Troop K. A man and woman sit on a front stoop looking at each other. The woman is holding a letter. In the left-hand corner is a superimposed scene of a man in a military hat talking to a woman.

Piece of earliest known Black-produced film found hiding in plain sight

UChicago scholar helps identify silent-era cinema fragment embedded in another film

1919 brings story of Chicago race riots to the stage Eve L Ewing sits next to Sasha-Ann Simons on stage at an event. Eve is holding a microphone while talking.

1919 brings story of Chicago race riots to the stage

UChicago’s Eve L. Ewing discusses Steppenwolf Theatre adaptation of her collection of poems

Find archives of Black life through new online resource at UChicago Library Ida B. Wells-Barnett in a posed portrait with her four children in 1909

Find archives of Black life through new online resource at UChicago Library

BMRC Archives Portal brings together collections from institutions across Chicago

UChicago honors historian John Hope Franklin with new lecture series John Hope Franklin

UChicago honors historian John Hope Franklin with new lecture series

How UChicago became a hub for black intellectuals Hero image

How UChicago became a hub for black intellectuals

Scholars who got a rare chance here became leaders across the nation

Amy Dru Stanley, a woman with shoulder-length hair, smiles

Amy Dru Stanley

Title: Associate Professor of History, Law, and the College

Expertise: 20th Century U.S. History, African American history, Feminism, Founding period, Gender, Human rights, Labor Law, U.S. History

Departmental Website: https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/Amy-Dru-Stanley

Adrienne Brown

Adrienne Brown

Title: Associate Professor, Department of English; Director of Arts + Public Life initiative

Expertise: African American history, Architecture and urban studies

Departmental website: https://english.uchicago.edu/faculty/adrienne-brown

Jane Dailey

Jane Dailey

Title: Professor of American History, the Law School, and the College

Expertise: African American history, Human rights, Legal history, Modern US social and political history

Departmental website: https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/jane-dailey