Duke University Acquires Major Collection of Civil Rights Photographer Danny Lyon
The collection encompasses Lyon’s work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and his continued documentation of the movement up to the present day. The collection includes nearly 8,500 individual images, most of which have never been published or seen outside of Lyon’s studio.
Vanderbilt University Acquires the Dom Flemons Collection
The collection includes research materials on Black cowboys, musical instruments, an Edison phonograph with several playable wax cylinders, historical sheet music, art pieces, memorabilia, personal gifts, autographed records, and materials documenting Flemons’ 20-year professional music career.
Loyola University of Maryland Publishes Report on Its Ties to Slavery
Over the past two decades, many of the nation's leading university's have issued reports on their historical ties to slavery. Now, Loyola University of Maryland in Baltimore has issued its findings.
New Online Database Exposes the Horrors of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The collection consists of more than 3,000 reproduced copies of correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, and scientific articles regarding the 40-year U.S Public Health Service Study that withheld treatment from Black men with syphilis so researchers could track the progression of the disease.
Collection of Papers by Elijah E. Cummings Is Bequeathed to Morgan State University Library
The estate of Congressman Elijah E. Cummings has gifted Morgan State University with a large collection of Cummings' personal belongings. The collection will be showcased and studied by archivists at the university's library.
Global Black Writers in Translation Series Is Launched by Vanderbilt University Press
Global Black Writers in Translation, a new trade series launched by Vanderbilt University Press, will publish works by African-descended authors translated into English in an effort to expand public knowledge of Black literature.
Yale Library Acquires Digital Collection of Langston Hughes Papers
In a recent December upload, the Yale University Library added a collection of papers from Black poet Langston Hughes to the school's online archive. The collection contains correspondence between Hughes and other authors and civil rights activists of his time.
Yale Issues Formal Apology After Research Finds Historic Ties to Slavery
"Today, on behalf of Yale University, we recognize our university’s historical role in and associations with slavery, as well as the labor, the experiences, and the contributions of enslaved people to our university’s history, and we apologize for the ways that Yale’s leaders, over the course of our early history, participated in slavery," says Yale University President Peter Salovey, and Josh Bekenstein, senior trustee of the Yale Corporation.
Baylor University Breaks Ground on New Memorial to Enslaved Persons
The new Memorial to Enslaved Persons will recognize the enslaved people who were instrumental in building the original Baylor University campus in Independence, Texas.
Interactive Map at Indiana University-Purdue University Charts Frederick Douglass’ Travels in the United States
"The map is a great way to find where the Black community was actually located," says Dr. John Kaufman-McKivigan. "Douglass traveled to obscure communities and not by accident. He knew where his audience would be, and he became a way to connect the scattered free Black population of the North."
University of South Carolina to Digitize Collection of Early Twentieth-Century African-American Portraits
In the 1970s, researchers from the University of South Carolina discovered a cache of over 3,000 portraits of Black Columbia, South Carolina residents taken by photographer Richard Samuel Roberts in the 1920s and 30s. Those photos will now be digitized and made available to the public.
Collection from American Banjo Player Otis Taylor Acquired by University of Colorado Boulder
"I know my collection is in good hands," says Otis Taylor. "My hope is that future students and scholars will continue to learn about the evolution of American blues and its significance in world music."
National Park Service Awards African American Historical Preservation Grants to Five Universities
The African American Civil Rights grant program from the National Park Service has awarded grants to Auburn University, the University of Northern Colorado, Eastern Michigan University, Clemson University, and the University of South Carolina aimed at preserving sites and history relating to African Americans.
