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) |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore's Civil Rights Heritage | A project that showcases the history of the African American Civil Rights movement in Baltimore, Maryland (MD). Covers almost 200 years of history, covering periods from 1831 to today. Includes a map of historic places in Baltimore, a timeline, and educational resources. | Baltimore Heritage, NPS Heritage Initiatives Program, Preservation Maryland Heritage Fund, PNC Foundation |
| Behind the Veil Oral History Project | Contains recorded oral history interviews with over 1000 elderly Black southerners from the 1890s to 1950s. Interviews discuss various personal stories and experiences in the South during the late-19th to the mid-20th centuries. This is the largest collection of Jim Crow oral histories in the world. Several interviewees were North Carolina residents. | Duke Libraries |
| Beyond Kin | "an effort to create genealogical documentation for historically enslaved populations" | Donna Cox Baker and Frazine K. Taylor |
| Big City Map | Explores "Big City," a fictional city in the independent comic, "Brotherman: Dictator of Disciple" by Dawud Anyabwile and Guy Sims. Uses GIS mapping and other interactive techniques. | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship |
| Black Abolitionist Archive | A digital collection that contains items relating to Black Abolitionists in the United States. Includes more than 800 speeches and over 1,000 editorials from the 1820s to the Civil War. | University of Detroit Mercy |
| Black and Irish | An organization that highlights the identity and experiences of Black and mixed race Irish people. Website contains stories and a podcast. | |
| Black Archives of Mid-America | A physical archive and a digital archive, which hosts information about the histories and cultures of African Americans in the central United States. Focuses on Kansas City, Missouri (MO). | The Black Archives of Mid-America |
| Black Atlantic | An "interactive resource promoting the study of black Atlantic cultures" | Wendy Asquith, University of Liverpool |