• By Amber McClure
  • Posted Monday, March 23, 2020

The HistoryMakers: Today's African American Stories From Real Makers of History

Discover fascinating stories from those who lived them in the nation’s largest African American Video Oral history collection. Over 148,163 stories are assembled here from life oral history interviews with 2,691 historically significant African Americans. This number will continue to grow as more and more participate in today’s current events.

This database offers Featured Mixtapes, which are sub-collections that share common themes and topics between the interviewees.

You can also create your own playlist of interviews to watch and listen.

All interviews have also been transcribed.

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