The College of Charleston has campus-wide trial access to The HistoryMakers available on the Libraries’ A-Z Databases List.

Trial ends February 28, 2023.

The HistoryMakers is a unique collection of oral history videos that provides an unprecedented and irreplaceable record of African American lives, history, and culture. The collection includes over 12,000 hours of video oral history interviews covering a variety of topics and fields including the arts, business, civic engagement, education, entertainment, law, medicine, and much more. Learn more about The HistoryMakers here.

The Libraries’ Collection Development Committee values the input of the campus community when evaluating potential new resources to add to the collections. Please complete the Trial Evaluation Form and let us know what you think of The HistoryMakers.