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) |
|---|---|---|
| Amistad Research Center | A research center that serves as an "independent community-based archive in partnership with Tulane University." Provides access to original materials relating to the African Diaspora. Contains finding aids, items, and digital projects, such as the "Just for the Record" collection. | |
| Andre O'Neal Harrell Archive | A "living digital archive" that commemorates "the life and work of Andre Harrell." Contains video, images, newspaper clippings, and information about his films, music, and significant contributions to Black culture. | The Gates Preserve |
| Ann Montgomery's Little Harlem Restaurant | Period photographs and memorabilia from the notable nightclub in Buffalo, NY | The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library |
| Anna Julia Cooper Collection | Contains digitized materials of Anna Julia Cooper, including: manuscripts, personal papers, photographs, programs, scrapbooks, and materials for the Grimke Book. | Dr. Shirley Moody-Turner, Anna Julia Cooper Society |
| Anthologies of African American Writing | A bibliography that aims to present a comprehensive anthology of African American writings. | Alok Yadav |
| Anti-Slavery Collection | The Anti-Slavery Collection contains correspondence, documents, and other original material relating to the abolitionist cause from 1832 until after the American Civil War. The major holdings consist of the papers of William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Weston Chapman and Deborah Weston, Lydia Maria Child, Amos Augustus Phelps, and Samuel May Jr.; records of the American, Massachusetts, New England, and Female Anti-Slavery Societies; and the libraries of William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Parker, and Wendell Phillips. The collection includes a full run of William Lloyd Garrison's "The Liberator," a newspaper that was published continuously for 35 years, from 1831 to 1866. This newspaper, published by Garrison, was the official organ of the abolitionist movement. | Boston Public Library |
| Antioch A.M.E. History | A project that focuses on preserving and sharing the history of Antioch A.M.E. Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Contains a history of the church, a listing of pastors, a digital archive, and additional resources. Digital archive includes photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. | Antioch A.M.E Church, Center for Public History at the University of West Georgia, Agnes Scott College, Georgia Humanities |
| Apartheid Heritages: The Spatial History of South Africa | A digital project that presents a spatial history of South Africa's townships. | Dr. Angel David Nieves |