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 Liberation 1969 Archive | A digital archive that chronicles the history of the Black student movement at Swarthmore College. The archive contains items such as: interviews, newspaper records, an interactive timeline, photos, and more. | Dr. Allison Dorsey, Nabil Kashyap |
| Black Loyalists | Information on African Americans who ran away to join the British during the American Revolution | The University of Sydney/Cassandra Pybus, Kit Candlin and Robin Petterd |
| Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People | A project that describes the lives of African Americans who escaped to Britain lines during the American Revolution and inevitably fled to Nova Scotia. | Canada Digital Collections, Black Loyalists |
| Black New Yorkers | An interactive project that showcases the history of African Americans in New York. Covers over 400 years of history and includes items such as photos, newspapers, maps, essays, and more. | Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture, Dr. Sylviane A. Diouf |
| Black Panthers Digital Collection | A digital collection containing materials relating to the Black Panthers, such as: speeches and essays from Huey Newton and various writings on the Black Panthers. | Michigan State University Libraries |
| Black Periodical Literature Project | Contains materials relating to Black literature published in American periodicals from 1827 to 1940. | Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Hollis Robbins |
| Black Perspectives - AAIHS | The blog of the African American Intellectual History Society. Explores and discusses various aspects of Black intellectual history. | Dr. Christopher Cameron |
| Black Press Research Collective | A project that stores, analyzes, and distributes material relating to the the global Black Press. Contains analysis on Black newspaper circulation and links to digital archives of Black press materials and research guides relating to Black newspapers. | Dr. Kim Gallon |