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) |
|---|---|---|
| African Diaspora in Ottoman Izmir | An Ottoman History Podcast episode about the Ottoman slave trade. Discusses the origins and evolution of Izmir's Afro-Turk community. Explores the exchange of culture and history between the African diaspora and the Middle East. | Ottoman History Podcast |
| African Diaspora, Ph.D. | A "curated blog highlighting scholarship and scholars in the field of Atlantic African Diaspora history." | Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson |
| African Origins | A database that contains linguistic, geographic, and ethnic data on Africans who were liberated by the International Courts of Commission and British Vice Admiralty Courts in the early 19th century. | Emory University |
| African-American Churches in Buffalo | A Google map of Black places of worship in Buffalo, NY | Buffalo and Erie County Public Library |
| African-American Poets of the 19th Century | A digital reader that provides biographical information on African American poets from the 19th century, focuses on poets from the time of Phillis Wheatley to Paul Laurence Dunbar. | |
| African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project | A project that provides a history of African American religion from 1441 to present day. Contains text and resources for additional information. | Amherst College |
| Africana Memoirs: Database of Black Women's Autobiography | A database that includes references to over 500 autobiographies of Black women. Books are organized alphabetically and thematically. Themes include travel, reproductive freedom, centenarians, food, meditation and yoga, poets, survivors, mental health, and politics and voting. Project also includes an interactive map which chronicles geographic and historical information regarding autobiographical travels. | Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans |
| AfriGeneas | A research community and website that contains resources for researching African Ancestry in the Americas. | AfriGeneas |