Heritage Research

USF graduate student Margaret Allsopp facilitates a hands-on workshop on podcasting for Nicodemus community members and the National Park Service. Nicodemus, Kansas is one of the first settlements founded by African American former slaves post-Civil War west of the Mississippi River. It is one of the few remaining historically African American pioneer communities.

USF graduate student Whitney Goodwin facilitates a hands-on workshop on cemetery mapmaking at the Nicodemus Cemetery in Nicodemus, Kansas for community members and the National Park Service. Nicodemus, Kansas is one of the first settlements founded by African American former slaves post-Civil War west of the Mississippi River. It is one of the few remaining historically African American pioneer communities.

USF graduate students present their research from the Nicodemus heritage project to Nicodemus descendants, residents and the National Park Service. Nicodemus, Kansas is one of the first settlements founded by African American former slaves post-Civil War west of the Mississippi River. It is one of the few remaining historically African American pioneer communities.

USF graduate students present their research from the Nicodemus heritage project to Nicodemus descendants, residents and the National Park Service. Nicodemus, Kansas is one of the first settlements founded by African American former slaves post-Civil War west of the Mississippi River. It is one of the few remaining historically African American pioneer communities.

USF graduate students present their research from the Nicodemus heritage project to Nicodemus descendants, residents and the National Park Service. Nicodemus, Kansas is one of the first settlements founded by African American former slaves post-Civil War west of the Mississippi River. It is one of the few remaining historically African American pioneer communities.

Video titled "Sulphur Springs History 2010" was created as part of the Heritage Research USA Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in the Summer of 2010.

The video "Heritage Preservation: Spring Hill" was created at part of the Heritage Research USA Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in the Summer of 2007.

Historian Peter Wood, a professor emeritus from Duke University, presents a lecture on his book "Near Andersonville: Winslow Homer's Civil War."

Dr. Antoinette Jackson of the University of South Florida and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter discuss the significance of the African-American community of Archery, Georgia.