Vanderbilt Establishes Digital Archive of Slave Records From Spanish Societies in the New World
Researchers captured more than 150,000 images, comprising more than 750,000 ecclesiastical records of African and African descended individuals from Brazil, Cuba, and Spanish Florida.
Video Shows the Ignorance of College Students on the Subject of Black History
A white comedian donned blackface and interviewed students at Brigham Young University on the subject of Black history.
“Civil Rights in a Northern City:” Temple University Debuts New Online Archive
The online collection includes more than 1,500 items including newsreel footage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that previously has not publicly available.
University of Arkansas Provides Online Record of an Early Black Student Group on Campus
The two collections relate to the organization Black Americans for Democracy, a student group at the university during the late 1960s through the 1970s.
Duke University President Addresses the Issue of Race
Each year Richard H. Brodhead, president of Duke University, addresses the annual meeting of the university faculty. This year, he chose to discuss the issue of race and its impact on the Duke University community.
Vanderbilt Debuts Digital Archive of 1964 Taped Interviews of Leaders of the Civil Rights...
The interviews were conducted by Robert Penn Warren for his book Who Speaks for the Negro?
Arizona State University Honors Its First Black Football Player
In 1937 Emerson Harvey was the first Black player at ASU. His presence on the football team at the university served to play a major role in the racial integration of college sports in the southwest.
Fordham University’s Burial Database Project of Enslaved African Americans
The project aims to create a national database for burial grounds and cemeteries of enslaved African Americans within the United States.
Williams College Receives Rare Collection of African-American Writings
The collection includes poetry, plays, prose, anthologies, recordings, and personal correspondence from scholars such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Gwendoyln Brooks, Countee Cullen, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, and Sterling Brown.
University of Alabama at Birmingham to Celebrate the City’s Civil Rights Movement
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has entered into a partnership with the city of Birmingham to sponsor "50 Years Forward," a commemoration of the 1963 civil rights movement in in the city.
Emory Opens New Archive of African American History to Researchers
The family papers of artist and civil rights activist Edwin Harleston and his wife, photographer Elise Harlston, have been fully archived and are now available to researchers at the university's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Tulane University Exhibit Documents the History of a Local Black Fraternal Group in Louisiana
The Amistad Research Center at Tulane University in New Orleans is currently showing an exhibit to honor the history of the African American fraternal organization, the Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Louisiana.
University of Alabama Birmingham Conducting Oral History Project of the Civil Rights Movement
The goal of the StoryCorps Griot Initiative is to record for prosperity the stories of the city's residents who participated in the historical civil rights movement in the early 1960s.
Vanderbilt University Receives the Papers of a Civil Rights Icon
The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., a leading figure in the civil rights movement and an associate of Martin Luther King Jr., has donated a significant portion of his papers to the special collections division of the Vanderbilt University Libraries.
Quinnipiac Students Get the Opportunity to Study the Bones of a Slave
A slave whose bones were preserved by his slaveowner will be studied by students before he is given a Christian burial in Waterbury, CT.
New Poem by Jupiter Hammon, a Slave, Discovered at Yale Library
Jupiter Hammon was born into slavery in 1711. Although a slave, he attended school and learned to read and write. Later in life he wrote essays and poetry and is generally considered the first African American writer to be published.
1805 Bill of Sale for Three Slaves Donated to Duke University
The bill of sale lists three slaves, Elizabeth, a 20-year-old woman and her daughter Harriet who was six months old. A third slave Delilah, aged 14, was also included. The three slaves were sold for a total of $493.
Emory University Acquires the Papers of Ophelia DeVore Mitchell
Ophelia DeVore Mitchell was the founder of one of the first modeling agencies for African Americans and a pioneer in the "Black Is Beautiful" movement. Now over 90 years of age, she continues to own and help run an African American newspaper.
Researchers Publish a Collection of Poems That Supported Black Troops in the Civil War
During the Civil War thousands of poems in support of African American troops were published in newspapers across the nation. Researchers at the University of Nebraska and the University of Cambridge have collected and published a sample of these poems online.
Hampton’s William Harvey Named One of the Top Five HBCU Presidents of All-Time
William R. Harvey, president of Hampton University has been named by two organizations as one of the top five HBCU presidents of all time. Norman Francis, current president of Xavier University in New Orleans, was also selected by one organization for the honor.
MIT Scholar Examines Colleges’ Ties to Slavery
Craig S. Wilder, a professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of a fascinating new book that details the relationships of American colleges and universities with the institution of slavery.
Florida State University Artisans Honor Local Civil Rights Heroes
Artists at the Master Craftsman Studio at Florida State University made 16 terrazzo panels, weighing between 800 and 2,000 pounds, that have been embedded in a city sidewalk to honor local civil rights activists of the 1950s and 1960s.
University of South Carolina Creates Exhibit to Honor Its First Black Faculty Member
The University of South Carolina has recently acquired and placed on displayed the law school diploma of Richard Theodore Greener its first Black faculty member who taught philosophy, Greek, and Latin during the Reconstruction period.
Historical Milestone at St. Augustine’s University
Nita Charlene Johnson Byrd is the first woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest in St. Augustine University's chapel and the first woman to serve as chaplain of the university.
New Mexico State University Honors Its President and an Early Black Football Star
Pervis Atkins' number 27 football uniform was retired but was briefly "unretired" on Saturday so the university could present a uniform jersey to Garrey Carruthers, the 27th president of the university.
New Online Archive of the Papers of Klan Infiltrator Stetson Kennedy
During the 1940s, Kennedy infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia and exposed their rituals and beliefs in a 1954 book. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, files, fliers, pamphlets, and photographs.
Yale University Authenticates Account of a Nineteenth-Century Black Prison Inmate
Yale University has announced that researchers have determined that a manuscript acquired by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 2009 is the earliest known memoir written by an African American prison inmate.
University of Kentucky Professor Honors the Tuskegee Airmen
Bobby Scroggins, associate professor of ceramics in the School of Art and Visual Studies of the University of Kentucky, was commissioned to cast two bronze sculptures of two Tuskegee Airmen with ties to Kentucky.
New Award-Winning Film Documents Stories of English Women Who Married Black GIs
Valerie Hill-Jackson, clinical associate professor in the department of teaching, learning, and culture at Texas A&M University, has won the 2013 Upton Sinclair Award for her new film documentary.
University Debuts New Online Historical Archive of Blacks in Southern Nevada
So far, there are about 500 items in the online digital collection called The Las Vegas African American Experience Project, including photographs, documents, videos, and audio recordings.
A Tape of a 1964 Speech by Martin Luther King Discovered at Arizona State...
A tape of the speech entitled, "Religious Witness for Human Dignity," was found in an old box of reel-to-reel tapes at a Goodwill store in Phoenix. There is no other known recording of the speech.
Baylor University Archive of Black Gospel Music to Be Housed at the Smithsonian Museum
Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has announced that its Black Gospel Music Restoration Project will become a permanent feature of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Harvard Pioneer Chosen for Induction Into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
William Clarence Matthews, a member of the Class of 1905 at Harvard University, led the university's baseball team in batting for three straight seasons. In 1905 he batted .400 and stole 22 bases.
University of Louisville Discovers Old Photos of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Louis D. Brandeis School of Law recently discovered a series of 12 photographs that document a 1967 lecture given by Martin Luther King Jr. in the school's Allen Court Room.
Simmons College of Kentucky Receives Accreditation
Founded by former slaves in 1879, what is now known as Simmons College of Kentucky has received accreditation for the first time from the Association for Biblical Higher Education.
Middlebury College’s Connection to 12 Years a Slave
Middlebury College in Vermont recently received the donation of two portraits, one of which shows the Middlebury College alumnus who rescued Solomon Northup from bondage in Louisiana.
