African American History

The bestselling novelist's latest work has been selected by Maryland Humanities as 2022's One Maryland, One Book, and the author joins us to talk about it.

Eubie Blake gets an early start on a long career.

We’ll go On the Record with the curator of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s exhibit about the Great Migration, and with two of the dozen artists who probe their family histories to show the impact of the movement of six million African Americans.

Three prominent Black thinkers discuss a proposal to convene a summit of elected leaders to address the unique challenges confronting African American men.

The veteran White House correspondent discusses her new ode to the extraordinary power and influence of Black women in the American democratic experiment.

What if Frederick Douglass was at Harper's Ferry with John Brown?

What would you do for your freedom?

Award-winning documentarian Stanley Nelson trains his sights on two Maryland icons of freedom--Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass--to produce films for MPT. We learn about the visions that Tubman saw as Divine navigation … and see Douglass repeatedly reinventing himself.

The esteemed Hopkins historian chronicles the extraordinary Black women who've led the 200-year struggle for equality and voting rights in America.

In her latest book, Hood College historian Dr. Terry Anne Scott examines how racial lynchings were popular public exhibitions in late 19th- & early 20th-century Texas.