The Black Book Interactive Project (BBIP) is the digital component of the History of Black Writing (HBW) that endeavors to increase the number of Black-authored texts available for scholarly engagement and teaching. By generating a metadata schema that accounts for race and difference, BBIP addresses the digital divide in Black-authored texts. BBIP has been funded by the University of Kansas, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Learn more about BBIP, including the Scholars Program Also explore a reading list, webinar recordings, and a novel collection archival database, which was created in 1987 with holdings displayed by decade.
Black Book Interactive Project Partners
BBIP works with several institutions and organizations across the country who focus on increasing access to Black-authored texts and related scholarship as well as digital publishing.