Current Sites
These are the first Archives for Racial & Cultural Healing — being actively established locally by members of the descendant community there.
Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Salisbury, Wicomico County
The very first ARCH has been underway since 2022, a project directed by The Chipman Cultural Center in Salisbury's Georgetown neighborhood. It presents numerous lessons to learn from:
Read the Case Study
Lower Cape Fear region
Brunswick County, NC
The Dark Branch Descendants Association is beginning a community-led project to provide a more complete history of those who were enslaved and emancipated on Orton, Lilliput, Kendal, and the Oaks Plantations.
