Search for a Black History Project
This website is a free, searchable directory for online history projects that can help further Black History research. This ongoing project was created to collect information about these digital Black History projects in order to benefit historians, genealogists, and family historians who are researching the lives of Black individuals and families.
406 Search Result(s)
| Project Name | Description | Creator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| William Still: An African American Abolitionist | A collection of digitized archival resources, detailing the life and times of Still and his family, primarily his daughter, Caroline Still Anderson. | Temple University Libraries |
| Wilmington Massacre and Coup d' | An interactive map and timeline of the events relating to the Wilmington Massacre in North Carolina. | Cape Fear Museum of History and Science, New Hanover County |
| Women of Black Wall Street | WBWS educates the public about Black women's contributions to Historic Greenwood, a thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On May 31st and June 1st, 1921, a White mob assaulted its residents and set it on fire. | Brandy Thomas Wells |
| Women of the Early Harlem Renaissance: African American Women Writers 1900-1922 | A project that collects poetry, drama, and fiction by African American women between 1900 and 1922. Specifically, it looks at "Bronze" and "The Heart of a Woman" by Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Race Rhymes" and "The Widening Light" by Carrie Williams Clifford, and "Songs From the Wayside" by Clara Ann Thompson. | Amardeep Singh |
| Yale Slavery and Abolition Portal | A project designed to help researchers and students find primary sources related to slavery, abolition, and resistance within the university’s many libraries and galleries. | Yale University |
| Zora Neale Hurston Digital Archive | A project that provides "a repository of biographical, historical, critical, and other contextual materials related to Hurston's life and work." | Anna Lillios, Mark L. Kamrath, and J.D. Applen |