Quintard Taylor, a prominent professor at the University of Washington and the founder of an online archive of Black history that reached curious minds across the globe, died Sunday at 76.

His daughter, state Rep. Jamila Taylor, D-Federal Way, shared the news in a post on Facebook.

“We’re taking some time as a family to grieve, but we are forever grateful for the time we had,” she said.

Fellow academics praised Taylor as a prolific, objective scholar and a mentor to the next generation who was committed to preserving Black history.

He’s best known for the online archive, called BlackPast.org, which unofficially started in 2004 and went live as an independent site in 2007. The website now has more than 8,000 entries, and includes profiles, articles on historical events, and primary sour

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