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 Mixtape Museum | An archive that collects, preserves, and shares knowledge related to mixtape history. | Regan Sommer McCoy |
| The Montgomery Bus Boycott: They Changed The World | A look at the events that occurred after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. Includes oral histories, newspaper front pages, biographies, and photos. | Montgomery Advertiser |
| The Nat Turner Project | A digital archive containing historical documents and information about the Southampton County slave revolt of 1831, led by Nat Turner. | Dr. Sarah Roth, Meredith College |
| The Nicest Kids in Town | A digital project that provides information on the early history of "American Bandstand" and examines its continued discrimination against Black teenagers from 1952 to 1964 in Philadelphia. Contains video clips, newspaper clippings, and photographs. | Dr. Matthew F. Delmont |
| The Oak of Jerusalem: Flight, Refuge, and Reconnaissance in the Great Dismal Swamp | Provides historical information regarding the Great Dismal Swamp (of Eastern North Carolina) and its people. Also displays various photos, illustrations, and maps of the Great Dismal Swamp. | Christy Hyman |
| The Panther and the Lash: Black Literary Movement Publications and the Black Aesthetic | A digital poster that examines the influence of literary movements and small Black magazines on "canon development in Black American literature." | |
| The Photographic Life of Harriet Tubman | A project that explores the "visual life" of Harriet Tubman, analyzing her image in photographs and exploring illustrations of her. | John Hope Franklin Institute at Duke University |
| The Red Book of Houston | A project that visualizes the people and places described in "The Red Book of Houston." Contains a StoryMap that illustrates the locations of churches, Black-owned businesses, schools, and presents information about the lives of Black individuals living in Houston, Texas in 1915, 50 years after emancipation. | Rice University, Norie Guthrie, Dr. Fay Yarbrough, Dr. Rachael Pasierowska, Ryan Chow, Susanna Yau, Tanvi Jadhav |