GitBlack: Mapping the Untold History of America's Foundation 🗺️

History is messy. Revisionist, contradictory, and constantly evolving. So someone built GitBlack—an interactive project that uses Git version control to map America's foundation. 🗺️

The genius? Git's branching and merging perfectly mirrors how historical narratives diverge and converge. Different perspectives become different branches. Corrections become commits. The result is a living history that acknowledges complexity rather than forcing a single storyline.

What it visualizes:

• 📜 Competing historical narratives
• 🔄 How interpretations changed over time
• 🌐 Multiple perspectives coexisting
• ✏️ The process of historical revision

For Gen Z, who've grown up with Wikipedia edit wars and viral misinformation, GitBlack offers something radical: transparency about how history gets constructed. You can see how narratives shift, not just the final polished version.

History isn't a fossil—it's a codebase. And GitBlack treats it that way.