The Amistad Research Center is committed to collecting, preserving, and providing open access to original materials that reference the social and cultural importance of America's ethnic and racial history, the African Diaspora, human relations, and civil rights. Amistad's purpose is to provide a home to primary and secondary sources that document the histories of peoples, communities, and nations, and to make resource materials for writing and rewriting history accessible, giving equitable treatment to the contributions of underrepresented groups.