The African American West Lecture Series

Second Baptist Church Bismark, ND 1920
Second Baptist Church, Bismark, North Dakota, 1930s

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