African Burial Ground
Before the skyline, before Wall Street, enslaved Africans built New York City — and are buried beneath it.
Bruce's Beach
In 1912, Willa and Charles Bruce built not jus a beach resort, but a refuge. This is the story of how it was stolen and reclaimed.
Maggie Lena Walker
Learn how Maggie L. Walker became the first Black woman to found and lead a bank in the United States.
Marjorie Stewart Joyner
How Marjorie Stewart Joyner helped scale Madame C.J. Walker's companies and committed herself to racial equity.
The Black Civilian Conservation Corps
Honoring the laborers who built America's parks during the Depression, despite facing segregation and exclusion.
Chris Smalls
This modern day labor organizer made history when he led workers in Staten Island to vote to form the country's first Amazon union.
Shelton Tappes
This pioneering Black labor organizer drafted the first anti-discrimination clause in a major auto union contract.
Philip Anthony Payton Jr
Known as the “father of Harlem,” Payton’s real estate savviness created equitable housing opportunities for Black communities.
Stephanie St. Clair
Known as "Madame Queen," St. Clair built an independent Black-owned business empire in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s.
Maggie Lena Walker
Walker revolutionized Black economic empowerment through banking, mutual aid societies, and worker cooperatives.
Isaac Myers
A labor pioneer who built one of America's first Black-led trade unions in the face of white supremacy.