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Black History in Cambridge: Online Resources

Explore these online resources that explore Black history in Cambridge. More programs and events about Cambridge’s Black history are planned for 2022. To be notified, sign up for our monthly enewsletter at historycambridge.org. 

Articles 

  • A story of enslavement; a Juneteenth reflection 
  • Quiet courage: Groundbreaking Maria Baldwin and the racial politics of education in Cambridge
  • Pauline Hopkins’ proto-science-fiction took off from familiar settings: The streets of Cambridge.
  • Vital to start of Cambridge Community Center, Helen Lee Franklin was activist in every sense
  • William Henry Lewis (1868-1949), Lawyer, Athlete, Public Servant
  • Phyllis Ann Wallace, A Leader for Equal Opportunity
  • Who Is Essential Cambridge? Part 4: COVID-19

Self-Guided Tours

  • Stories from the Early African American Community of Old Cambridge
  • Monuments and Memorials in Cambridge
  • Caribbean Community in the Port
  • Women Activists of Riverside 50 Years After Suffrage

Videos

  • Three Centuries of Black Cambridge
  • The Sugar Planters of Brattle Street
  • Harriet Jacobs and the World of Abolitionist Cambridge Women

Resource Hubs

Early Black Cambridge Resource Hub


This list will be continuously updated. We welcome suggestions at info@historycambridge.org. Thank you!

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