The Black Gotham Digital Archive links an interactive web site, smart phones, and the geographical spaces of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn to create a deeper understanding of nineteenth-century black New York. The project is an extension of the book, Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City (Yale UP, 2011), written by Carla Peterson, Ph.D., Project Director, MITH Faculty Fellow and professor of English at the University of Maryland. The Archive incorporates various new media forms to enable greater flexibility, interactivity, and potential for reaching a broader audience.
The Black Gotham Digital Archive launched in May 2012.