blackpast.org

blackpast.org — founded in february of 2007 — was conceived to provide reference information on people of african ancestry in the united states and around the globe. the site is supported by a volunteer staff of 12 and over 500 volunteer contributors from six continents. the website has more than 13,000 pages and is free and un-gated. blackpast.org includes: 1) an online encyclopedia featuring more than 3,000 entries describing people, places, and events in african american history, african american history in the west, and global african history. 2) perspectives online magazine featuring commentary of important but little known events in black history (often written by the individuals who participated in or witnessed them). to date more than 100 articles have appeared. 3) the complete text of nearly 300 speeches by african americans, other people of african ancestry, and those concerned about race, from 1789 to 2014. 4) more than 160 full text primary documents including court decisio