Black Histories at UD StoryMap featured in UDAILY
Posted on January 31, 2025 at: 8:23 pm
The UDARI Black Histories at UD Committee was recently featured in a UDAILY article highlighting the committee’s Black Histories at UD StoryMap. The StoryMap connects previously under-studied histories, now coming to light thanks to ongoing work by UDARI researchers and community partners, to specific sites on UD’s Newark campus and the city of Newark. A dynamic resource to which future researchers can add, the StoryMap can continue to accrue layers of history and be updated with new findings. It is the work of past UDARI interns Tara Lennon and Elisa Davila, with the assistance of members of UDARI’s Campus Tours Committee, Legacies of Enslavement and Dispossession at UD committee, UDARI advisor Alison Parker, and UD Library Digital Scholarship Librarian
Kayla Abner.
This digital project is a first step in realigning campus histories to honor important Black stories
while acknowledging the ways that the University of Delaware has benefitted historically from unfreedom and perpetuated racism. The Campus Tours committee continues to work toward
commemorating Black histories at the University of Delaware more widely and in more permanent and visible ways.
Click here to view the article.