US Department of Education Resources

…hibit and online microsite, scholarly lectures at the museum or through our partnership with the Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) at Carnegie Mellon University, an online curriculum guide for teachers and educators, a film series at and in collaboration with Carnegie Library Homewood Branch, and an urban garden project in partnership with Pittsburgh Park Conservancy at Frick Environmental Center that features food…

Abolitionist Biographies

…hurch in Philadelphia. In 1847, James became the founding pastor of Siloam Presbyterian Church, in Brooklyn. He also served as principal of the African School in Carsville and supported Lewis Tappan’s American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. James married Elizabeth Gloucester in 1838 and moved to Brooklyn in the late 1840s. The couple were close friends and colleagues with Frederick Douglass and John Brown, and offered financial support for Bro…

About the Project

…Maressa Rivera, Damen Scranton, Victoria L. Ward Based on a Narrative Written by Prithi Kanakamedala Exhibition Design Matter Architecture Practice Sandra Wheeler, Co-Director Alfred Zollinger Co-Director Chelsea Crisafulli Elizabeth Beecherl Dànae Colomer Garcia Ryan Kahen Nikol Drewry Graphic Design Pure+Applied Urshula Barbour Paul Carlos Carrie Kawamura Juan Pablo Gomez Kari Johanesen Interactive Design Potion Design Phillip Tiongson, Princip…

Abolitionist Brooklyn (1828 – 1849)

…rooklyn Historical Society. Teacher’s Manual Section 3: Lesson 12 In 1841, Williamsburg activists opened an African School after the village school refused admission to approximately 40 students of color aged 5 to 16. Willis Hodges, William Hodges, Samuel Ricks, Lewis H. Nelson, Thomas Wilson, and Henry Davis raised funds and formed the school committee. William Hodges was elected to act as both teacher and principal. When the Brooklyn Board of E…