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.
401 Search Result(s)
| Project Name | Description | Creator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Visualizing Early Baltimore | A fully 3D, interactive digital model of Baltimore, circa 1815, that provides connections between the past and today. Focuses on the lives of free and enslaved people in Baltimore in the 19th century. | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Visualizing Emancipation | Maps interactions between various groups during the Civil War, including enslaved peoples, armies and explores the effect of policies and battles on these groups. | Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond |
| Visualizing the Red Summer | Showcases data and "geographically dispersed" archival material about the events of "Red Summer," a series of lynchings and riots that occurred during the summer of 1919 across the United States. Includes a timeline and map, archive, and additional resources. | Karen Sieber |
| Voices of Civil Rights | A digital exhibition of oral history excerpts and photographs that document the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. | The Library of Congress, The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and AARP |
| Voices: Stories of Change | A website that explores African-American experiences in Charleston, South Carolina (SC) from the pre-Colonial era to the present. Includes articles, an interactive map with important sites, a timeline, photos, videos, and first-person accounts. | Explore Charleston |
| Voting Rights Campaign | The Voting Rights Campaign features photos and video images of the continuous fight for voting rights and a more equitable democracy among Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color in the US and across the globe. It premiered in November 2020. | The Center for Black Digital Research |
| W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, 1803-1999 | A collection of over 100,000 items relating to the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois. | UMass Amherst |
| Walk With Web | Walk With Web Inc. is a DH service that focuses on African and African Diaspora digital projects. | Board of Directors: Kartikay Chadha, Henry Lovejoy, Paul Lovejoy, Katrina Keefer, Erika Melek Delgado |