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The Project on the History of Black Writing

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Department of English

Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me - KU Common Book 2016-17.

HBW 2016: We are the World

HBW Fall 2016 Orientation

KU welcomes visiting scholars for the Beijing Foreign Studies University summer institute, hosted by the Department of English and the Project on the History of Black Writing – July 14-25, 2016.

Beijing Foreign Studies University scholars pose with Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. The BFSU-KU summer institute brought 15 international scholars to the University of Kansas in order to learn about the American education system and culture.

BFSU scholars visit Watson Library during the KU-BFSU summer institute.

Professor Adrian Lewis speaks to the BSFU scholars. Lewis presented “Introduction to the U.S. Military Education System: The Role of Universities.”

BFSU scholars wave goodbye while at The Nest during the last day of the KU-BFSU summer institute.

DIGIN is a collaboration between the University of Chicago and the University of Kansas. The collaboration is a precursor to the Black Book Interactive Project, an ongoing effort to digitize books by black authors and about black culture in order to make them more accessible to the public. The KU Scanning team for the Digital Inclusion Group Initiative (left to right): Dominique Waller, Connor Noteboom, and Mona Ahmed - June 2016.

Connor Noteboom scans novels for the Digital Inclusion Group Initiative.

The DIGIN scanning team at the University of Chicago (left to right): Dake Kang, Mahmoud Aliamer, Simone Oliver, and Athena Kern - June 2016.

University of Chicago students Athena Kern and Simone Oliver work on the Digital Inclusion Group Initiative.

Proceeds go directly toward HBW-sponsored programs. Please be sure to designate that your gift will benefit the Project on the History of Black Writing.