The Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. has been a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization since its founding by Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields in 1977. The Black Archives serves as the repository for the black experience in South Florida from 1896 to the present.  The mission of The Black Archives has been committed to identifying, collecting, preserving, educating, informing and making accessible items of enduring value in relation to the people of African descent in South Florida.  Part of the success of The Black Archives has been the identification and preservation of historic sites throughout Miami Dade County.