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The Blackivists

@blackivists

A Chicago-based collective of trained Black archivists who prioritize Black cultural heritage preservation and memory work.

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Ashley D. Farmer (@drashleyfarmer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For the past year I have been working with the The Blackivists on a project that centers their work, the experience of being Black in the #archives and being a Black archivist. This 3-part collaborative piece will appear in the American Historical Review includes a convo...

Zine Union Catalog (@zinecat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Welcome to the world, Fat Liberation Archive, especially the page of #zines! fatlibarchive.org/category/zines/ Made by @maxairborne and volunteers. If you have something you’d like included or want to help w/ transcriptions & image descriptions fatlibarchive @ gmail #zinelibraries

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"Missing persons cases is a Black issue. But it’s really important to note that it’s a Black women and girls issue specifically. In Chicago, Black women and girls are reported missing more than any other race or gender." — tru_trill theroot.com/hundreds-march…

The SNCC Legacy Project (@sncclegacy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Did You Know? Before Uber or Lyft, SNCC developed a system of shared rides for organizers in the South called the Sojourner Motor Fleet.

Did You Know? Before Uber or Lyft, SNCC developed a system of shared rides for organizers in the South called the Sojourner Motor Fleet.
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We're looking for someone to fill the role of Artist Researcher for Sixty Collective, a new artist database platform launching in 2023: buff.ly/3fcKDoi

We're looking for someone to fill the role of Artist Researcher for Sixty Collective, a new artist database platform launching in 2023: buff.ly/3fcKDoi
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Join The @Blackivists + Andrea Jackson Gavin on Sun, Oct 16 for “Where the Money Reside,” a ✨free✨ virtual workshop on finding 💸 support for archival work and projects. For artists, archivists, and everyone, all experience levels + ages. ASL/Caption incl. sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/where-the-mone…

Join The @Blackivists + <a href="/AndreaArchivist/">Andrea Jackson Gavin</a> on Sun, Oct 16 for “Where the Money Reside,” a ✨free✨ virtual workshop on finding 💸 support for archival work and projects. For artists, archivists, and everyone, all experience levels + ages. ASL/Caption incl.

sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/where-the-mone…
Sojourners for Justice Press (@sojourn4justice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sojourners for Justice Press (SJP) is a micro press that opens its platform to people working experimentally with print based media, founded by Mariame Kaba (NYC Tw*tterati) and co-directed by @netabomani. Read more about us at: sojourners4justice.com

Sojourners for Justice Press (SJP) is a micro press that opens its platform to people working experimentally with print based media, founded by Mariame Kaba (<a href="/prisonculture/">NYC Tw*tterati</a>) and co-directed by @netabomani. Read more about us at: sojourners4justice.com
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Are you ready for Sunday’s workshop “Where the Money Reside” with The @Blackivists and Andrea Jackson Gavin? Are you ready to learn about ways to get support for your #archive project dreams? We are. sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/where-the-mone…

Ashley D. Farmer (@drashleyfarmer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵If #RosaParks was the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, then Queen Mother Audley Moore midwifed modern Black Nationalism. Moore lived for almost 100 years. Her career spanned Garvey’s UNIA to the Million Man March. Yet, WHERE the records of her life are remains a mystery..

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In my new article in @TheBlackSchlr,I talk about what it was like to try to track down Moore’s archive, what we REALLY mean when we say a Black woman doesn’t have an archive, and ask do we really want radicals like Moore to be confined to one repository?

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Check out: Disorderly Distribution:The Dispersal of Queen Mother Audley Moore’s Archives and the Illegibility of Black Women Intellectuals tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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If you missed the conversation between Barbara Smith NYC Tw*tterati @netabomani last week during our launch event, or want to run it back, it's now archived on BCRW Youtube channel at: youtu.be/BWknjQ6nzhw