African American and Black Resources
Manuscript Collections
Maya Angelou Film and Theater Collection (See subject guide for more resources regarding Dr. Angelou)
Donna F. Edwards Papers (MS863)
Errol Kemp Reece, Jr., Research Papers (MS373)
Wake Forest University Record Groups
Academic Departments. Humanities Program Records (RG16.13)
Audio Recordings. Martin Luther King, Jr. Address in Wait Chapel Recording (RG11.4.1)
Office of the Provost. Office of Diversity and Inclusion Records (RG22.17)
Office of the Provost. Intercultural Center Records (RG22.9)
Student Organizations. Afro-American Society Records (RG8.21)
University Archives Artifact Collection (RG14)
University Archives Campus Posters and Fliers Collection (RG42)
University Archives Photograph Digital Collection
University Archives Photograph Collection (RG10.1)
Vertical Files (Printed Materials) Collection (RG15) (Materials included are related to Wake Forest Black History Month, Afro-American Society, and more.)
Church Collections
Asheville First Baptist Church (Asheville, N.C.) Records (CRMF630)
Bethany (Oxford, N.C.) Baptist Church Records (MS737)
Biblical Recorder digital collection
Brown’s Baptist Church (Norlina, N.C.) records (CRMF239)
Concord Baptist Church (Duplin County, N.C.) Records (MS741)
Conoconara Baptist Church (Halifax County, N.C.) Records (MS832)
Corinth Baptist Church (Monroe, N.C.) Records (MS744)
Enon Baptist Church (Oxford, N.C.) Records (MS749)
Ephesus Baptist Church Records (Semora, N.C.) Records (MS750)
Hebron Baptist Church (Gaston County, N.C.) records (CRMF607)
Hendersonville First Baptist Church (Hendersonville, N.C.) records (CRMF23)
Holly Springs Baptist Church (Wake County, N.C.) Records (MS759)
Island Creek Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.) Records (MS760)
Lisbon Street Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records (MS764)
Louisburg Baptist Church (Louisburg, N.C.) Records (MS766)
Mineral Springs Baptist Church (Chatham County, N.C.) Records (MS771)
Olive Branch Baptist Church (Marshville, N.C.) Records (MS835)
Olive Chapel Baptist Church (Apex, N.C.) Records (MS779)
Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson, N.C.) records (CRMF45)
Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) Records (MS790)
Saron Baptist Church (Ellerbe, N.C.) Records (MS794)
Smithfield First Baptist Church (Smithfield, N.C.) Records (MS797)
Smyrna Baptist Church (Morganton, N.C.) records (CRMF385)
Stanley First Baptist Church (Stanley, N.C.) Records (MS739)
Toisnot Primitive Baptist Church (Toisnot Township, Wilson Co. N.C.) records (CRMF259)
University and N.C. Baptist Biographical Files Collection (MS615)
White Oak Primitive Baptist Church (Maysville, N.C.) Records (MS845)
Oral Histories, Interviews, and Events
Ammar Idris oral history and interview
Audio Recordings. Martin Luther King, Jr. Address in Wait Chapel Recording (Please note that this recording is available onsite only. Please contact us to schedule an appointment.)
Barbee Myers Oakes video interview and transcript
Beth Norbrey Hopkins video interview and transcript
Camille Russell Love audio interview
Herman Eure video interview and transcript
Howell Smith Oral History Recordings
Remember with Us: Commemorating the Wake Forest Enslaved
Student Speakout, May 27, 2021
Thomas (Tom) G. Wilborn interview
Blogs, Subject Guides, and More
University Archives web archives collection in Archive-It
History of Wake Forest Timeline
Histories of Wake Forest Resources Relating to Human Civil Rights
Dr. Maya Angelou subject guide
Narratives by Enslaved People in ZSR Special Collections
University Publications
Final Report of The President’s Commission on Race, Equity, and Community. May 29, 2020.
Gladding, Samuel Templeman. The History of Wake Forest University, Volume VI, 1983-2005. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016.
The Howler yearbooks
Making History: February 23, 1960, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Old Gold and Black, Wake Forest University student newspaper
Patrick, Clarence H. “Lunch-Counter Desegregation in Winston-Salem North Carolina.” Wake Forest College. July 25, 1960.
Shaw, Bynum. The History of Wake Forest College, Volume IV, 1943-1967. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 1988.
Update on the Status of Race Relations at Wake Forest University 2000-2001
Wilson, Edwin Graves. The History of Wake Forest University, Volume V, 1967-1983. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 2010.