A Guide to Black History in Washtenaw County

Blog written by Meghana Tummala

Guide Created by Jack Schmitt and Delaney Jorgensen

Recently two Master’s students at the University of Michigan School of Information, BWC member, Jack Schmitt along with teammate Delaney Jorgensen created a guide to some of the rich collections pertaining to Washtenaw County’s Black History, as a capstone project in partnership with the Bentley Historical Library and Michelle McClellan, Johanna Meijer Magoon Principal Archivist. They wished for this guide to be a starting point in understanding the available information on this topic while putting in the time and effort to create something truly special, accessible, and useful!

To read about their process in developing the guide CLICK HERE!

To read the guide itself you can find it on the home page, archives page, or RIGHT HERE!