The Texas Freedom Colonies Project Channel

The Texas Freedom Colonies Project is an educational, social justice initiative dedicated to preserving the heritage of Texas’ historic African American settlements, and the planners and preservationists that made them possible. Our goal is to prevent the erasure, destruction, and decay of settlements in partnership with descendant communities. We are researchers who map disappearing places and co-create resilience strategies with endangered communities. The Project engages in 3 core activities
1) Recording and safeguarding stories and materials associated with freedom colonies’
origins & decline
2) Hosting a publicly accessible Atlas & Database of freedom colony locations 
3) Engaging in collaborative research using the contents of the Atlas and Database

The Texas Freedom Colonies Project puts freedom colonies on the map, on policy agendas, & at the center of Texas history.
Email:  freedomcoloniesproject@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTexasFreedomColoniesProject/