Browse Collections (12 total)

A collection of audio recordings, photographs and ephemera that tells the story of The North End neighborhood and its long & short term Black…

Zone of Infinity is a decentralized community archive featuring stories in the form of oral histories, videos, images, and art work from the…

From Ouest to West is a living digital archive dedicated to preserving, documenting, and celebrating the stories of the Francophone West African…

Brightmo til the World Blow is a multimedia exploration of neighborhood pride, grief, and resilience in Detroit’s Brightmoor community. Through oral…

The Detroit Poetry Archive (DPA) is a living, multimedia archive founded and curated by Brittini Ward that documents, preserves, and celebrates the…

The Black Bottom Archives Historic People Collection contains research and biographical information about historic people and organizations with…

The Black Bottom Historic Sites Collection contains research and biographical information about significant places of historic and cultural value in…

Our Memories is a community archiving project that invites Detroit's community to organize, digitize, and preserve materials from their personal…

With Love and Flowers is a community archiving project conducted in collaboration with Detroit-based creative studio, Nourish. In March 2025, Black…

Black Bottom Archives is proud to present our collection of donated materials. At this time, our donated materials are comprised of items related to…

For the first time, Black Bottom Archives' collection of Oral Histories is now acessible within our archival platform. Our Black Bottom Oral Histories…

Our flagship exhibition, Black Bottom Street View, honors the legacy of Black Bottom and its people. The exhibition features pop-up panoramas that…