NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2024
Take a moment to rewind and catch up on the latest updates in the art library – now archived.
Get a free Official National Poetry Month Poster. Featuring artwork by Jack Wong, and lines from “blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton.
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Feedback: Change for the African American Museum & Library at Oakland (AAMLO)
From Oakland Public Library Blog: The African American Museum and Library at Oakland is dedicated to the discovery, preservation, interpretation, and sharing of historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and the West for present and future generations. In 1946, Eugene and Ruth Lasartemay and Jesse and Dr. Marcella Ford began collecting the oral…
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Read: Acid Free, a Quarterly Online Publication of the Los Angeles Archivists Collective
From Los Angeles Archivists Collection: The varying interpretations of ORGANIZE have proven to be more permeable than we may have initially realized. While it is necessary to acknowledge and critique traditional classification and organizational systems that reinforce existing power structures, for many of us what is inspiring and at the heart of our work is…
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Event: Schomburg Center Fall Open House: Revival of SOUL
Description from The Schomburg: Soul has been used to describe cities, rhythms, collective power, and the ultimate place of change. Visit the Schomburg Center for an institution-wide escapade through the many facets of soul embodied in black experiences archived at the Schomburg over the last 91 years. With performances, conversations, and special exhibits from our…
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News: Introducing the Atlanta Black Archives Alliance COURTNEY CHARTIER, EMORY UNIVERSITY
From atlanta studies: In order to address this need, the Atlanta Black Archives Alliance (ABAA) was founded in early 2017 by a group of Atlanta-area archivists actively working with historical materials documenting African Americans.1Our goal is to share our city’s unique and valuable resources on black history and culture to as wide an audience…
Cover Image Courtesy, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1893). Phillis Wheatley Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7329-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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