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) |
|---|---|---|
| Our Story: Photographs and Publications of the Atlanta University Center | Contains materials relating to African American higher education from emancipation to 21st Century from Atlanta University, Clark College, Clark Atlanta University, Gammon Theological Seminary, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, and Spelman College. Materials are from the archival collections held by the Robert W. Woodruff Library at Atlanta University Center. | Spelman College, Digital Library of Georgia, and Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library |
| Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum Online | The New Digital Home of The Only Museum Dedicated to the History of African Americans in the Missouri Ozarks. | The Berry Family |
| PaintMeBlack - A Visual DH Project | The research is an attempt to recapture the realities of traditional African societies by exploring the aesthetics and epistemologies behind the design of various arts and artefacts (woven and tiled designs, carved patterns, weaved or coiled baskets, woven handbags, pottery, brooms, beadworks). Taking a leap from the literary works of scientists and artists like Paulus Gerdes, Ron Eglash, and Claudia Zaslavsky as theoretical framework, the project maintains that these designs are not just embodiments of African experiences, values, belief systems, cultures, and religions, but are frontiers in the fusion between African knowledge systems (mathematics in particular) and information technology. | Augustine Farinola |
| Paradoxical Paradise: An African American Oral History and Mapping Project on Asbury Park | Project details history of African Americans in Asbury Park, New Jersey. | Dr. Hettie V. Williams, Dr. Geoffrey Fouad, Professor Melissa Ziobro |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection | A digital collection that explores the life and legacy of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Contains a biography, timeline, photos, Dunbar's poetry and libretti, and additional resources. | Wright State University Libraries |
| Payne Theological Seminary and A.M.E. Church Archive | A digital archive containing materials relating to the history of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination and the Payne Theological Seminary. Some of the subcollections include "A.M.E. Church," "Church Histories," "Clergy," "Publishing," and "Women in Ministry." | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| People Not Property - Slave Deeds of North Carolina | The project will be a searchable database that contains almost 10,000 North Carolina (NC) bills of sale and slave deeds. These records will be digitized and the text will be transcribed. | UNCG University Libraries, North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, North Carolina Registers of Deeds |
| Personal Papers of Rev. Dr. J. Edward Nash | Rev. Nash was the pastor of the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church in Buffalo, NY from 1892 until his retirement in 1953. Collection consists of sermons, speeches, correspondence, and more. | Buffalo State College |