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Amplifying 300+ years of resistance in the archives, preserving records of today's acts of resistance

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Posted on June 7, 2021June 4, 2021

Thoughts on building, remembering, and access

hand holding a copy of The Negro and His Music. The book is wrapped in plastic.

In this research process, I’ve begun building my own personal collection of books written by Black LGBTQ+ people. I already own some chapbooks, a few zines, and a couple of anthologies by community members, but I have started to become …

Posted on January 4, 2021February 17, 2021

The Spidering Life of Louise Madison

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 …

Posted on June 17, 2020

Our Commitment to the Movement

The statement below is our official statement on the recent uprisings and also the transcript of our first podcast episode. The audio is embedded below, but you can also listen to it and future episodes on our SoundCloud channel.…

Posted on March 14, 2019March 28, 2019

“Who Tells Your Story?” LGBTQ Community Archives Forum Recap

The following recap was composed from notes taken by Michael Caroll during a breakout session discussion following “Who Tells Your Story? An LGBTQ Community ArchivES Forum” at William Way LGBT Center, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The forum opened with panelists …

Posted on January 22, 2019

Martyr for Gay Rights was Little-Known Prison Reformer

Editor’s Note: The recent bestselling novel by Jessmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing, investigates the generational trauma of a racist prison system and this year is the Free Library of Philadelphia’s “One Book, One Philadelphia.” Philadelphians are encouraged …

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Implementation of Chronicling Resistance at the Free Library of Philadelphia is made possible by a generous grant from the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation.

Support for the research and development of “Chronicling Resistance” was provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and continues to support the ongoing programming and exhibitions of the project.

Funding for the Research Revelations podcast was provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

The thirty-five member libraries and archives of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) collect, care for, and share with a world-wide audience collections that comprise an internationally important body of unique materials for students, scholars and lifelong learners at any level.

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