Black History in the Last Frontier

Black History in the Last Frontier is a resource produced by the National Park Service and University of Alaska Anchorage that is available for free online.

It includes a downloadable book by Dr. Ian Hartman with a forward by Ed Wesley published in 2020.

The NPS also has several interactive short stories on its website which highlight the achievements and contributions of Alaska’s Black community, while demonstrating how these women and men have endured racism, fought injustice, and made a life and home for themselves in the forty-ninth state.

View Black History in the Last Frontier on NPS.gov.