Black Towns Project Archive

Black Towns Project Archive This archive supports the Black Towns Project - an effort to preserve and promote the stories of over 200 historically black towns in the United States.

The Black Towns Project is an effort to preserve and promote the continued study of these crucial, and sometimes forgotten, stories from America’s past. We invite you to browse our Black Towns Index (categorized by state and town) on the website and explore the history of these important town-building efforts. This site is still under construction, but the complete list of towns by state is availa

ble to browse. The Black Towns Project will continue to add information and town histories, and invites those who do not see a town on the list to submit it through our Submit a Black Town page. If you would like to moderate a black town page, please visit our Moderate a Black Town’s Page to sign-up.

05/26/2026
05/05/2026

Job Posting Title Full-Time Temporary Grants Manager-Sulphur Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund Agency 350 HISTORICAL SOCIETY Supervisory Organization Historical Society–Preservation Job Posting End Date Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous i...

05/02/2026
05/02/2026

The Langston University Rehabilitation Counseling Program has been named one of the Top 10 rehabilitation counseling graduate programs and the Top HBCU program in the nation by U.S. News and […]

05/02/2026

We need historians because there is always more than one side to the story.

Historians bring together voices, experiences, and perspectives that are often left out or overlooked. Their work helps us see complexity rather than simple answers.

That fuller picture leads to deeper understanding.

What perspective has changed how you understand the past?

05/02/2026

Next Thursday, May 7 | 6:30 PM | Online: In this final program of the season for Conversations in Black Freedom Studies series, scholars investigate and discuss the relationship between race and mobility in America. https://ow.ly/czWC50YSny4

Deborah Archer will provide a grounding in the racism of transit infrastructure which she writes about in Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor will extend this conversation to the racist financialization of housing and real estate, which she powerfully documents in Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership. Mia Bay will foreground resistance to these structures of oppression in her discussion of Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance. Rosemary Ndubuizu will bring a gendered lens to this discussion of Black resistance to displacement, which she writes about in The Undesirable Many: Black Women and Their Struggles Against Displacement and Housing Insecurity in the Nation’s Capital. Teachers can earn 2 CTLE credits.

05/02/2026

Join Ed Threatt of the Threatt Filling Station and SHPO's Lynda Ozan as they and others participate in the panel to discuss The Green Book and Oklahoma's history. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on May 15, 2026, at FRENZY Brewing in Edmond.

04/21/2026

The Springfield Urban League hosts a HBCU College & Cultural tour each year over spring break, offering high school students an enriching experience that exposes them to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as well as other culturally significant historical and national landmarks. Th...

04/21/2026
03/11/2026

📚 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 & 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 📚

Don’t miss Angela Bates as she shares the remarkable story behind Nicodemus: Children of the Promised Land. Part of the Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau, the presentation will be held at the Wakeeney Public Library on Thursday, March 12th at 2:00 PM.

Angela will dive into the rich history of Nicodemus, one of the most significant historical landmarks in the state.

Nicodemus: Children of the Promised Land is a beautifully illustrated book telling the unique and inspiring experience of the mothers and children who were among the first to settle in and help shape the historic town of Nicodemus.
👇🏽 Description is in the comments.

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦:
🗓 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: Thursday, March 12th
⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 2:00 PM
📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Wakeeney Public Library

✨ Can’t attend this time? Angela will also be presenting in El Dorado on June 16th.

Interested in owning a copy of the book? Nicodemus: Children of the Promised Land is available for purchase through the Nicodemus Historical Society's online Gift Shop. Click the link to get your copy today!
🔗 https://www.nicodemushistoricalsociety.org/nicodemus-kansas-historical-society-products-for-sell

We can’t wait to see you there!

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