Projects
Recovering and sharing the documented history of Black agricultural contributions.
The history of Black American agricultural contributions is vast, significant â and in many places, at risk of being forgotten.
From newspaper accounts and land records to family documents and oral histories, we work to locate, preserve, and share the materials that tell the true story of Black Americans as farmers, food producers, innovators, and community builders.
Our founding archive â converting decades of family records from paper to digital, and researching ancestors' FAN (Friends, Associates, Neighbors) network to assist other researchers tracing Black family history.
An ongoing project to recover and digitize historical materials connected to Indianapolis's Crispus Attucks community â preserving local Black history that might otherwise be lost.
Through our Historic Cemetery Application work â including Rosson Memorial Cemetery â and our role in the Black Cemetery Network, we help document and preserve burial grounds that hold irreplaceable community history.
Through books, web publishing, presentations, and trainings, we bring archived stories to the audiences who need them most: the descendants of the people those stories are about.
If your family holds historical records, photographs, or documents related to Black agricultural history, we would love to hear from you.
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