Introducing the Black Teacher Archive, an open-access digital portal that opens a new lens on the history of education, on Black history, and on American history.

Housed on our campus, it centralizes the intellectual, political, and cultural contributions of a thriving community of Black educators throughout the 20th century, from the Jim Crow era and beyond. Watch our #AskwithForum launching the project:

Start exploring the archive here:

This is absolutely inspiring! Thank you @imaniperry @jarvisrgivens and all involved. Haven’t been to the Harvard campus in years, but I’m motivated to make a visit now. Looking forward to learning more about how else I can support.

We're so glad you're inspired! We have a public gallery about the archive currently in Gutman Library, but feel free to explore the archive here:

Is this available online. My grandfather was a 1906 graduate of Harvard in Chemistry and went on to become a teacher and principal in St. Louis.

Yes! We're so glad you're interested. Feel free to explore the archive here:

I can't wait to check this out! Hopefully I can find resources to support my research project for this semester. 🤞🏿🤞🏿🤞🏿

We're so glad to offer this resource! We have a public gallery about the archive currently in Gutman Library on our campus, but feel free to start exploring the archive here:

Fabulous!

@PPeriod this looks incredible