Online database now filled with African American history

The class of 1943 graduates from Palmer Memorial Institute, now the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, a North Carolina State Historic Site. (Photo courtesy of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources).

By: Abe Nelson | WNCT
Published: January 02, 2009

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New information about the history of African Americans is now available in an online database, thanks to the State Library of North Carolina.

Information from the book “An Era of Progress and Promise,” written in 1910 by W.N. Hartshorn, details the early African American schools, churches, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and other institutions. This information is new part of the Digital Repositories online.

There is also information about influential African American businessmen and prominent ministers and educators.

Visit the “Era of Progress” Web site at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/dimp/digital/era/index.html to find a wealth of information.

Other State Library digital collections can be explored at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/dimp/digital/index.html.

For additional information, e-mail the Digital Information Management Program staff at digital.info@ncmail.net.