Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc.

Incorporated on November 17, 1977, The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors, supported by a Board of Trustees and funded solely by membership, donations and grants. It is a manuscript and photographic repository in a community setting. The Black Archives was founded by public school librarian, Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, as a remedy to the lack of local black history materials available for the public to access. The Black Archives is utilized by students, teachers, researchers, scholars, members of the media and public-at-large. 

The mission of The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. is to collect, preserve and disseminate the history and culture of black South Florida from 1896 to the present.