‘Endangered Black History’ nDepth series comes highly recommended

We are in the middle of a six-part series titled, “Endangered Black History,” that I would highly recommend our users take a look at.

We’ve already released Part 1: The Overview, Part 2: Langston and Part 3: Boley. There are still three more to come.

Graphic artist Chris Schoelen is producing the designs, reporter Ken Raymond is writing the stories, video producer Paige Dillard is producing the videos  and web editor  Nick Tankersley is putting it all together on the web pages.

They all deserve high praise for the extra effort that benefits our readers, but the work goes far beyond them — videographers, photographers, editors and researchers have come together to make this a successful  story-telling effort.

It easy to navigate. The stories are detailed and descriptive. The videos  add more context to the words that surround them. And the photos — well I’m a sucker for historic photos.

But here’s my favorite part: We went with Facebook comments to keep the conversation going in this series, and it’s proved to be an interesting way for users to share the series with others and offer their own commentary and insight.

Take a look. But don’t worry, there’s no rush. We’re going to keep this package active on the site for years to come.