This site has been developed by the
  Community Informatics Research Lab
  at the Graduate School of Library
  and Information Science at the
  University of Illinois in cooperation
  with the Department of African
  American Studies.

COMMUNITY INFORMATICS RESEARCH LAB STAFF:
Kate Williams, Co-Director
Abdul Alkalimat, Co-Director
Noah Lenstra, Graduate Student
Aiko Takazawa, Graduate Student
Brian Zelip, Campus Research Staff
Chris Hamb, Community Volunteer

The lab has produced the following reports:
https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/5138/browse?type=series

This site is also an eBlack Studies research site.
Here are a select list of other such sites:

Malcolm X
http://brothermalcolm.net/

Harold Washington
http://eblackchicago.org/

Cuba
http://murchisoncenter.org/cuba/
http://www.brothermalcolm.net/2002/mx_1990/

Black Peoples Hair
http://www.murchisoncenter.org/cyberhair/ 

This project has benefited from support from the following:
Ford Foundation
Institute for Library and Information Science
Community Informatics Initiative, UIUC 
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
 Department of African American Studies
Peoples College Press