About This Site
This page details each component of the website. This information
should aid in navigation and ease of use.
Please click on a component
About us
Database
Help
Landmarks
Timeline
Links
Sponsors
Biographies
Interviews
Bibliography
QuickTime
QuickTime VR
About Us
A brief description of the origins of the website and a list of
the personnel behind the scenes.
Database
The DAAHP database is a self-contained information resource. Please
type in your query for a general search or browse through the
listed categories. The database contains all of the information
made available by this site. The information consists of historical
photographs, text files, Virtual Reality files, video and audio
files.The Search, Landmarks, Interviews, Biographies, and Photos are searchable for information that
is exclusive to that topic only. The database page is where you
can do general searches for the entire site. Simply close the
database browser window to return to the DAAHP Web site. If you
have any difficulty, please refer to the Help link within the
database.
This is a searchable page.
Help
This page is designed to answer the most common questions regarding
the DAAHP website. Provided on the help page are five links to
aid users:
About this site
-Component breakdown (each page)
-Element breakdown (QuickTime, VR,)
Creating your own
-DAAHP site creation
Glossary
-List of most common research and web terms
FAQs - Frequently asked questions
-What is Multimedia?
-Why does it take so long for the video to appear?
-etc.
(PDF)
-Entire document for download
Landmarks
This page is designed to present historical site information using
the latest high-tech web technologies. These presentations may
include any of the following:
| File |
Format |
| Virtual Reality Tour |
QuickTime VR |
| Object Tour |
QuickTime VR |
| Associated interview |
QuickTime video/audio, MP3 Audio |
| Transcripts |
Web data |
| Bio of speaker |
Web data |
| Photographs |
Jpeg |
This is a searchable page
Timeline
DAAHP has developed a Detroit African-American history timeline
that references historical facts. Entries will contain information
regarding events, people, places and ideas that have played an
important role in Detroit's African-American history. Many entries
will be supported by our database, which includes print references,
manuscript collections, photos, streamed video and audio. You
may view multimedia files by clicking on the icon near
the timeline entry that is of interest to you.
The timelines are broken down into "50-year" increments
located on the left side of the screen. Each increment is divided
into two sides. Individuals can access these timelines by clicking
on the "50-year" portion you wish to view and a new
browser window will open with the selected timeline. The left
side contains data pertinent to Detroit’s African-American
history and relevant national and world history is located on
the right side. Just close the timeline browser window to return
to this page.
Symbols for the multimedia supported files are listed below:
| Icon |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
| File Type |
Photo/Image |
Movie |
Audio |
Virtual Tour |
Object Tour |
Text |
| Format |
jpeg |
Quicktime |
mp3 |
Quicktime |
Quicktime |
pdf |
Clicking on a file will open the appropriate database entry for
viewing of material.
Links
Listed are several links that people interested in African-America
history may find worthwhile.
Sponsors
This page details our growing list of sponsors and supporters.
Beginning with initial funding from Ford Motor Company, we have
received funds from other charitable organizations and continually
seek new funding sources. We have also benefited from the support
of many organizations, departments and individuals that have provided,
time, advice and support towards the development of this project.
If an individual or corporation, etc. is interested in sponsoring
the project, please contact us at daahp@wayne.edu.
Biographies
Representing people in a number of fields and endeavors, these
biographical entries will speak to individual accounts of the
struggles, accomplishments and insights found throughout the history
of Detroit's African-American community. These biographical entries
are approximately 500 words each and will include citations that
will enable our users to learn more about the subjects of these
entries and the various ties they have to the historical development
of the Detroit metropolitan community.
This is a searchable page.
Interviews
This page contains interviews of scholars and people that studied
or experienced the history that we are seeking to document. It
will bring life to a subject that is not always easy to recount
in the form of the written word.
| File |
Format |
Minimum Modem Speed |
| Video |
QuickTime |
High Speed Internet Connection (Cable, DSL, T1 or higher) |
| Audio |
MP3 |
56K |
| Transcripts |
Web text |
56K |
This is a searchable page
Bibliography
This selected bibliography is comprised of published and unpublished works.
QuickTime
Videos and films have to be compressed for viewing on the Internet.
This process is called streaming. There are three major vendors
in the streaming software game: Apple, Microsoft and Real Networks.
Apple has QuickTime, which comes pre-installed on new Apple computers.
Microsoft has its Media Player, which comes pre-installed with
Windows machines. Real Networks has to be installed. To view these video
files, a computer must have a player that can open the compressed
file. This site uses QuickTime, so it is recommended that users
download a free copy of the player. Once installed, it should
start up automatically when clicking on a video file. You can
go to www.apple.com/quicktime/download to download a free copy
of QuickTime.
QuickTime VR
QuickTime VR is the name of the software package that is used
to create our virtual tours and object tours. It also requires
the QuickTime Player to view. Our programmers have, for many of
the historic sites, created VR tours. These tours are merely a
sequence of photographs that are stitched together to create maneuverable
panoramas inside the computer. It would be like shooting a very
large scene and then pasting the photos inside a box. Viewers
can move their position within this space by manipulating the
image with their mouse; up, down and from one side to the other.
