The HistoryMakers

Founded in 2000, The HistoryMakers is a national research and educational institution committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans. Core to its approach is a belief that through combining the power of storytelling and traditional oral history with state-of-the-art technological innovation, a special act of care and memory is created for audiences at all levels. Through a variety of media formats, offerings, services, and events, The HistoryMakers enlightens, entertains, and educates the public, helping to fashion a more inclusive record of American history.

Based in Chicago, the HistoryMakers is a digital repository of oral history interviews with a wide variety of noted African American leaders. Its online archive is accessed by colleges, universities, K-12 schools, and public libraries, providing a lasting record of African American lives, accomplishments, and contributions through first-person testimony. With this award for professional development, HistoryMakers staff attends the Harvard Business School's Women of Color Leadership Program.

Based in Chicago, the HistoryMakers is a digital repository of more than 3,400 African American oral history interviews. Its archive includes video interviews with a wide variety of noted African American leaders and numerous lesser known figures in African American history. Its online archive is accessed by colleges, universities, K-12 schools, and public libraries, providing a lasting record of African American lives, accomplishments, and contributions through first-person testimony. This award supports a series of convenings with digitization experts to develop a plan to preserve the physical collections of African American leaders who are featured in its oral history interview archive.

Based in Chicago, the HistoryMakers is a digital repository of more than 3,400 African American oral history interviews. Its archive includes video interviews with a wide variety of noted African American leaders and numerous lesser known figures in African American history. Its online archive is accessed by colleges, universities, K-12 schools, and public libraries, providing a lasting record of African American lives, accomplishments, and contributions through first-person testimony. This award provides general operating support to HistoryMakers as part of the Foundation’s Culture, Equity, and the Arts program.

In support of transcribing and processing oral history interviews with African Americans.