The distinguished Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York, a division of the New York Public Library has announced a new website on the cumulative work of dozens of scholars and historians of Black History:
Thirteen periods of migration are studied, only two of which (transatlantic and domestic slave trade) were coerced; eleven others were the voluntary movements of resourceful immigrants of color (Haitian and Caribbean migrations are included).
The project was underwritten by a $2.4 million congressional appropriation, sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Here’s the story of the site’s roll-out: Washington Post .
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