The African American West Lecture Series

Second Baptist Church, Bismark, North Dakota, 1930s
Second Baptist Church, Bismark, North Dakota, 1930s
Courtesy State Historical Society of North Dakota (00739-v1-14b)

The following are video presentations of lectures Quintard Taylor has given as the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American history from 2006 to 2011.

The African American West Lecture Series, University of Washington 2006:

Lecture 1: Antebellum Slavery and Freedom, 1528-1865, The Paradox of Race and Liberty in the West

Lecture 2: To the Frontier, 1866-1900, Homesteaders, Cowboys and Buffalo Soldiers Seek Freedom in the West

Lecture 3: The Urban Frontier, 1875-1940, African Americans in the Cities of the West

Lecture 4: The World War II Era, 1941-1950, Migration and Transformation

Lecture 5: Into the 21st Century, The Black West in the Modern Era