Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.
action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
The purpose of the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program (BGMPP) is to identify, acquire, preserve, record & catalogue the most at-risk music from the black gospel music tradition. (1940-80)
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In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
The latest roundup of book censorship news courtesy of Book Riot.
bookriot.com/librarian-cr...
The mission of “The Black Gospel Archive (BGA) encompasses the Baylor Libraries’ numerous programs, projects,
archival collections, and resources that identify, collect, preserve, and make accessible Black sacred materials.”
Well worth checking out.
#archives
library.web.baylor.edu/gospel
Thanks to @phillewis.bsky.social I have a new to me archive to share. Baylor U Black Gospel Archive has collected and digitized more than 60,000 gospel songs, making it one of the largest digital gospel collections in the world.
#archives
www.npr.org/2025/02/28/n...
The incarceration of Japanese Americans was not that long ago. Learn more about this recent history for perspective about what’s happening today.
#archives
#history
encyclopedia.densho.org/history/
2-4-6-8 How do you know if your Grandma’s straight? Old Lesbians honors the legacy & joyful voices preserved in the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project-from first crush to first love, from the closet to coming out, & finally from loss to connection.
#lesbians
#history
#archives
www.oldlesbiansfilm.com
Cruising, a queer documentary podcast in its third season is collecting and documenting history that might otherwise disappear.
#archives
#queerhistory
www.cruisingpod.com
Sites of Shame via Densho:
While many of the physical sites have faded into the landscape, their history serves as a reminder of the fragility of our democracy.
#archives
#history
#democracy
maps.densho.org/sitesofshame...
Campu podcast weaves together the voices of survivors to spin narratives out of the seemingly mundane things that gave shape to the incarceration experience beyond the standard Japanese American incarceration 101 and into more intimate and lesser-known corners of this history.
densho.org/campu/
From the Densho website: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Learn how to put the lessons of Japanese American WWII incarceration into action today.
#archives
densho.org/promote-equi...
Learn about Japanese American history and the legacy of WWII incarceration by exploring personal stories from those who lived through it.
densho.org/explore-pers...
Today is the anniversary of the passing of Katherine Johnson. Many of us only know about her thanks to Hidden Figures. It's the kind of history the current administration would like us to forget.
www.katherinejohnsonfoundation.org/biography/
120,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly incarcerated during WWII. Learn about this unprecedented denial of civil liberties and why it still matters today.
#archives
densho.org/learn/introd...
Densho is a Japanese term meaning “to pass on to the next generation,” or to leave a legacy. The legacy they offer is an American story with ongoing relevance: during World War II, the United States government incarcerated innocent people solely because of their ancestry.
#archives
densho.org
The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government.
action.everylibrary.org/nationalarch... follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to support libraries.
Mountains of paperwork to change... a mountain's name? Library of Congress grapples with geographical name-changing chaos. A reminder that words (and their history) matter!
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WW II created a huge demand for American farm products, but caused vast numbers of farm workers to abandon the fields, either to join the military or to work in cities. The solution: contract-worker agreement between the United States and Mexico -- The Bracero Program
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How Mexican Americans in Oregon created the first Chicano college
Learn more here: www.opb.org/article/2025...
#history
The quality of the reporting on this has been disappointing, to say the least, with only the most basic understanding of what the National Archives does.
This is bigger than a little spat with a small agency.
bit.ly/3Ex744a follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to stay informed!
Check out this African American timeline going back to 1526 with the San Miguel de Guadalupe slave rebellion on Blackpast.org
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
Blackpast.org goal is to promote greater understanding of our common human experience through knowledge of the diversity of the Black experience and the ubiquity of the global Black presence. Welcome to the largest online encyclopedia on African American and Global African history on the Internet.
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Ready to dive into another online resource and archives?
BlackPast is dedicated to providing reliable information on the history of Black people across the globe, and especially in North America.
www.blackpast.org
Check out the map and where you can dig deeper into individual cities.
#archives
#redlining
#racism
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
Redlining was legal and practiced for decades. It dramatically affected the relative wealth—as well as the health—of different racial groups in America. Its impact is still with us today
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
It is still relevant so I’ll keep posting about redlining and HOLC. Archives and history always inform today.
#archives
#history
#redlining
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
For each of these cities, they produced maps showing those grades. Neighborhoods they deemed "best" and safe investments were given a grade of A and colored green. Those that were deemed "hazardous" were given a grade of "D" & colored red.
#archives
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
“By "security," they meant the relative security or riskiness of those areas for banks, saving and loans, and other lenders who made mortgages. For each of these cities, they produced maps showing those grades.”
#archives
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
