The Cambridge Black History Project
Here to Share & Illuminate Black History
The CBHP: A Work of Love
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Educate
After thorough research and introspection, we will share our discoveries with others using the best tools available.
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Charlotte Hawkins Brown
An American author, educator, and founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute. Charlotte distinguished herself as a superior student and a gifted musician in Cambridge.
Roy Allen
One of the nation’s first Black television producers and directors. During the 1950s and well into the early 1990s, he was a Black pioneer in the new medium of television.
Black Trailblazers
Black Cantabrigians have–and continue to–blaze trails in all fields: education, social justice, the arts, business, and medicine. They are lawyers, television producers, star athletes, and political activists. The Black History Project wants to illuminate the lives and experiences of these oft-forgotten Black Trailblazers.
Black Trailblazers
TThis project was conceived and developed to illuminate Cambridge’s Black Trailblazers yet to be recognized by the city. It is a work of love by an older generation of Black Cantabrigians, wishing to pass on knowledge we hope to preserve.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
An American author, educator, and founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute. Charlotte distinguished herself as a superior student and a gifted musician in Cambridge.
Roy Allen
One of the nation’s first Black television producers and directors. During the 1950s and well into the early 1990s, he was a Black pioneer in the new medium of television.