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This talk will be about the "participatory archive" and the formation of the Eastern Kentucky African-American Migration Project (EKAAMP). How do we as scholars, professionals, and institutions engage with and support communities in preserving their histories?​ What are the ethical considerations? How does one even begin in such and endeavor? And what does the participatory […]

Over 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states. The ideas and practices instituted that special […]