Hall of Records • Wrongful ConvictionBrown v. Mississippi | Tortured Confessions and a Landmark Supreme Court RulingEd Brown, Arthur “Yank” Ellington, and Henry Shields were tortured into confessing to a Mississippi murder, convicted in a rushed trial, and sentenced...

Hall of Records • Wrongful ConvictionAnthony Ray Hinton | Exonerated from Alabama Death RowAnthony Ray Hinton spent nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row for two murders before his convictions were vacated and charges dismissed based on discredited firearms...

Hall of Records • Art and Creative Expression Augusta Savage | Sculpture, Teaching and the Harlem Renaissance Augusta Savage was a sculptor, educator and institution-builder whose Harlem studio and...

Hall of Records • Black Futures W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1900 Data Portraits | Data, Dignity and Black Futures For the 1900 Paris Exposition, W.E.B. Du Bois and collaborators used...

Hall of Records • Culture and Community Life Black Rodeo | Cowboys, Community and an American Tradition Black cowboys have been part of the American West from its earliest...