Amplifying 300+ years of resistance in the archives, preserving records of today's acts of resistance
My fellowship activity will amplify North Philly Black and Brown legends, social health, economy, pleasure, presence, and well being. I am remembering how care and beauty were made and performed by the Black North Philadelphians who raised me while living …
In 2005 I wrote an article for the journal of the Philadelphia Folklore Project, Works In Progress, that captured some of the history and lore about Louise Madison (1911-1970), a Philadelphia tap artist who is the centerpiece of my …
Back in April, the coronavirus was the stop story because of how it was affecting folks far from the White House, and I was thinking about how the pandemic might be affecting organizers and their priorities. Would documenting the current …
Josue Hurtado, an archivist and research librarian, and Coordinator of Public Services at Temple Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), briefs us on the history and power of archives, what researchers of color can expect in traditional archives, and the …
Germaine Ingram sheds light on improvisation in the archive and sparks a new idea for Charlyn Griffith-Oro, who has been searching for the pieces that will show how their black and indigenous ancestors cultivated land in and around Philadelphia. “Improvisation, …
The project director’s research has been curtailed by the pandemic, too, and this week, you can really hear her struggles in dealing with quarantine and how it compares to the …
Where we look when the archival material is too painful, creating new archives, missing paper and beautiful spaces … this episode has a little bit of everything.
Sources mentioned in this episode:
The Negro Trailblazers of …