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) |
|---|---|---|
| Black Gotham Archive | A project that examines the history of 19th century Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, New York in the context of the African American experience. | Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities |
| Black Gotham Experience | An "immersive visual storying project that celebrates the impact of the African Diaspora on New York City." Includes walking tours in New York. | |
| Black History of Shelby County, Ohio | An index of articles relating to the Black History of Shelby County, Ohio. This project seems to have been spearheaded by a Helen Gilmore. The museum in Rossville, Ohio closed after she died, but the collection has been donated to The National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center in Wilberforce. (https://www.dailycall.com/news/24045/randolph-freed-people-on-new-display) Helen contributed most of the Randolph slave support material for this teacher's guide and has spoken to Shelby County students about slavery. The Gilmores worked for eight years to restore and furnish the one-story Rial frame house, and spearheaded efforts to place it on the National Register of Historic Places. It was one of the first black residences in Ohio to be added to the Register. She and her husband's efforts were profiled in a seven-page feature article in the June/July, 1996, issue of "Ohio Magazine" (https://shelbycountyhistory.org/schs/blackhistory/helengilmore.htm). | Helen Gilmore, Shelby County Historical Society |
| Black History Walking Tour of Chapel Hill, North Carolina | A PDF walking tour map of the Black History of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. | Hidden Voices |
| Black History, Indianapolis History | A digital collection of photos and materials relating to Black families who lived in Indianapolis, Indiana (IN). Also includes photos of Elder Watson Diggs, Dr. Earle Robinson Sr, Dr. Earle Robinson Jr, and alumni from Crispus Attucks High School. | Digital Indy, The Indianapolis Public Library |
| Black in Appalachia | Contains a documentaries, oral histories, a podcast, and a digital community history archive with materials relating to African American history in Eastern Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. | Black in Appalachia |
| Black in Black on Black: Making the Invisible Visible in Western North Carolina | A visual conversation about the lives and contributions of Black/African American communities in and to Western North Carolina (WNC). Includes an in-person and a virtual "multisensory and interactive experience" with photograph and oil-painted portraits, music from WNC African American musicians, quotes from oral histories, and more. | Ann Miller Woodford, Ronda Birtha, Viola Spells |
| Black Lesbian Archives | A digital archive that is building community, educating, and preserving the history and culture of Black Lesbians. | Krü Maekdo |