A nonprofit digital archive
The causal chain of Black history, traced.
From Africa's great civilizations to present-day America — every consequence has an origin. Follow it.
Tracing the unbroken chain from ancient Africa to present-day America
Welcome to Chain — a nonprofit digital archive connecting Black history across centuries through evidence-based threads. From the kingdoms of Mali and Kush, through the Middle Passage, slavery, Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights Movement, to the systemic inequalities shaping America today.
Every story has a cause. Every cause has a consequence.
A nonprofit digital archive
From Africa's great civilizations to present-day America — every consequence has an origin. Follow it.