The African American West Lecture Series

Courtesy State Historical Society of North Dakota (00739-v1-14b)
The African American West Lecture Series, University of Washington 2006
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.
Lecture 1: Antebellum Slavery and Freedom, 1528-1865, The Paradox of Race and Liberty in the West
Part 1a
Part 1b
Lecture 2: To the Frontier, 1866-1900, Homesteaders, Cowboys and Buffalo Soldiers Seek Freedom in the West
Part 2a
Part 2b
Lecture 3: The Urban Frontier, 1875-1940, African Americans in the Cities of the West
Part 3a
Part 3b
Lecture 4: The World War II Era, 1941-1950, Migration and Transformation
Part 4a
Part 4b
Lecture 5: Into the 21st Century, The Black West in the Modern Era
Part 5a
Part 5b
Part 5c
Part 5d