Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in major-league baseball, passed away on this day (October 24) in 1972. This post from the National Museum of American History's blog highlights a special comic book that featured Robinson in 1950.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2013/06/jackie-robinson-comic-book-hero-42.html
VW
Monday, October 24, 2016
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
New "Historically Black" Project Uses Archival Objects to Teach Black History
In light of the recent opening of the NMAAHC, the Washington Post has commenced a project called Historically Black, which consists of a Tumblr and a podcast that showcase various manuscripts, photographs, and objects related to Black history. Check it out below.
Tumblr: http://historicallyblack.tumblr.com/
Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1155053105
Historically Black is a unique partnership between the Washington Post, American Public Media (APM), and a number of Black writers, performers, and tastemakers. So far, it sets a great example of intersections between archival work and popular culture.
Click the following link to read about one man's discovery of his family history through an ancestor's bill of sale. This story was recently featured on Historically Black. --> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/10/03/a-hunt-for-his-slave-ancestors-original-bill-of-sale-unearthed-a-surprising-history/
Have a good week!
VW
Tumblr: http://historicallyblack.tumblr.com/
Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1155053105
Historically Black is a unique partnership between the Washington Post, American Public Media (APM), and a number of Black writers, performers, and tastemakers. So far, it sets a great example of intersections between archival work and popular culture.
Click the following link to read about one man's discovery of his family history through an ancestor's bill of sale. This story was recently featured on Historically Black. --> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/10/03/a-hunt-for-his-slave-ancestors-original-bill-of-sale-unearthed-a-surprising-history/
Have a good week!
VW
Labels:
Black History,
digital projects,
family history,
preservation
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
A Legislative History of the NMAAHC
Happy October!
The nation has been buzzing all year about the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, DC. The museum opened on Saturday, September 24, 2016 with a grand celebration. While many people know that the museum was in construction for several years prior to its opening, most don't know that attempts to establish such an institution began more than a century ago. Until November 9, two important documents related to the establishment of NMAAHC will be on display in the museum's East Rotunda Gallery.
Details here: prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/09/01/on-exhibit-an-act-to-establish-the-nmaahc/
For more perspective on the building and curating process for NMAAHC, see this 2013 article from Smithsonian Magazine. It recounts how a historic train car was placed in NMAAHC before construction was completed: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/installing-an-artifact-in-a-museum-that-hasnt-even-been-built-yet-180947712/?no-ist
Happy reading!
VW
The nation has been buzzing all year about the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, DC. The museum opened on Saturday, September 24, 2016 with a grand celebration. While many people know that the museum was in construction for several years prior to its opening, most don't know that attempts to establish such an institution began more than a century ago. Until November 9, two important documents related to the establishment of NMAAHC will be on display in the museum's East Rotunda Gallery.
Details here: prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/09/01/on-exhibit-an-act-to-establish-the-nmaahc/
For more perspective on the building and curating process for NMAAHC, see this 2013 article from Smithsonian Magazine. It recounts how a historic train car was placed in NMAAHC before construction was completed: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/installing-an-artifact-in-a-museum-that-hasnt-even-been-built-yet-180947712/?no-ist
Happy reading!
VW
Monday, September 26, 2016
Black Women Mathematicians at NASA
Dear Gregory Staff,
Ms. Tracey King has located a feature in Smithsonian Magazine about the upcoming film, Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring story of the Black female NASA mathematicians who helped astronauts get to space in the 1960s. Check it out below.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-black-women-mathematicians-who-helped-win-wars-and-send-astronauts-space-180960393/?no-ist
The movie is based on Margot Lee Shetterly's book of the same title.
For a related archival perspective, you might want to check out Executive Order 8802 from NARA's "Our Documents" online project here: https://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=72
Hidden Figures is set to premiere in January, right in time for MLK Day. Might be a good opportunity for a team-building excursion, hmm? :-)
Have a great week!
VW
Ms. Tracey King has located a feature in Smithsonian Magazine about the upcoming film, Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring story of the Black female NASA mathematicians who helped astronauts get to space in the 1960s. Check it out below.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-black-women-mathematicians-who-helped-win-wars-and-send-astronauts-space-180960393/?no-ist
The movie is based on Margot Lee Shetterly's book of the same title.
For a related archival perspective, you might want to check out Executive Order 8802 from NARA's "Our Documents" online project here: https://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=72
Hidden Figures is set to premiere in January, right in time for MLK Day. Might be a good opportunity for a team-building excursion, hmm? :-)
Have a great week!
VW
Labels:
Black History,
books,
civil rights,
films,
Women's History
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