Malvin Gray Johnson
Malvin Gray Johnson working on a painting, still from the silent film A Study of Negro Artists, produced by the Harmon Foundation and released in the 1930s.
Archival footage supplied by the Internet Moving Images Archive (at archive.org) in association with Prelinger Archives
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© Civil War Trust (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about contributions Michiganders made to the Union cause during the American Civil War, including the service of the 102nd Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, raised mainly in Detroit's African American community.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about sickle cell anemia.
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Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A discussion of the DuSable Museum of African American History (now the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center) in Chicago, from the documentary Riches, Rivals, & Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn more about Juneteenth, the holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It is observed every year on June 19.
