From a 1600 explorer to a 21st century activist, historians Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross’ break down the ways Black women have shaped the nation.

Executive producer and NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s new documentary highlights the impact of Black soldiers in America’s fight for independence.

The Trump administration, along with The National Archives, poses a threat “to our nation’s capacity to protect and learn from history,” says Columbia professor Dr. Matthew Connelly.

Performer Rashaad Newsome: “A lot of the work that I’m trying to do is to get folk to decolonize.”