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) |
|---|---|---|
| The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 | A digital collection containing photographs, pamphlets, serials, newspapers, and manuscripts that help tell the experiences of African Americans in Ohio (OH) between 1850 and 1920. | The Ohio Historical Society |
| The African-American Migration Experience | A project that explores the migrations that molded the African-American experience, including the Transatlantic Slave Trade (1450s-1867), Runaway Journeys (1630s-1865), the Domestic Slave Trade (1760s-1865), Colonization and Emigration (1783-1910s), Haitian Immigration (1791-1809), Western Migration (1840s-1970), Northern Migration (1840s-1890), the Great Migration (1916-1930), the Second Great Migration (1940-1970), Caribbean Immigration (1900-present), Return South Migration (1970-present), Haitian Immigration (1970-present), and African Immigration (1970-present). Includes timelines, images, maps, and resources for educational materials. | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
| The Arabella Chapman Project | A digital archive containing images from the photo albums of Arabella Chapman, which were created in the 1870s and 1880s. | The Regents of the University of Michigan and William L. Clements Library |
| The Berkeley Revolution | A digital archive that chronicles the transformation of the East Bay between the 1960s and 1970s. | Scott Saul |
| The Black Experience in Children's Books. Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies | A collection that examines the Black experience in children's books, specifically looking at selections from Augusta Baker's bibliographies. Collection was created from 1913 to 1963. Allows users to view pages from each book in the collection. | New York Public Library |
| The Black Girlhood Project | A project that highlights the experiences of Black children and adolescents in literature. Contains a reading list. | Dr. Sondra Bickham Washington |
| The Black Lunch Table | An oral history project that offers space for interdisciplinary and intergenerational discussions. Also hosts Wikipedia edit-a-thons to collectively author and edit articles relating to Black artists. | Heather Hart, Jina Valentine |
| The Black Music Project | An "interactive exhibit celebrating, promoting, and preserving the idea that the history of Black American music is the story of America." The project explores various eras, including: pre-Civil War, 19th century, 20th century, Civil Rights era, post-Civil Rights era, and late 20th century. Genres covered range from bebop to techno. | The Black Music Project |