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) |
|---|---|---|
| Climates of Inequality | A "participatory public memory project" that shares stories and histories of communities that have been impacted by environmental injustice. Content has been developed by students, educators, and community leaders in multiple cities across the US and globally. | Humanities Action Lab |
| Colored Conventions Project | The Colored Conventions Project centers African Americans who gathered across the United States and Canada to participate in political meetings held at the state and national levels from 1830 until well after the Civil War. A cornerstone of Black organizing in the nineteenth century, these “Colored Conventions” brought Black men and women together in a decades-long campaign for civil and human rights. | https://coloredconventions.org/about/team/ |
| Community Futures | A project that documents "memories, histories, and futures of communities in Brewerytown-Sharswood and the larger North Philly community." | Community Futures Lab |
| Compton 125 Historical Society | A historical society that researches and collects items-- such as maps, photos, and more -- relating to the history of Compton. | Compton 125 Historical Society |
| Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past | A digital project that explores "how we visualize, interpret, and engage the slave past through contemporary monuments created for public spaces." | Dr. Ren |
| Create Caribbean Research Institute | The first Digital Humanities center in the Caribbean. Develops digital projects, including those that prioritize Caribbean history, literature and arts. Some projects include: "Caribbean Cyclone Cartography | Surviving Storms," "Carisealand, "Dominica History/The Road to Independence," and more. | Dr. Schuyler K. Esprit |
| Crispus Attucks High School | A digital collection containing photos and materials relating to Crispus Attucks High School, the first all-Black high school in Indianapolis, Indiana (IN). | Digital Indy, Indianapolis Public Library |
| Crispus Attucks Museum | A digital collection chronicling the history of Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis. Contains newspapers, graduation programs, and yearbooks (1928-1986). | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis University Library |