Rachel E. Winston, Black Diaspora Archivist, was interviewed by Life & Letters magazine about Juneteenth. Read the full article here.
The John L. Warfield Center Celebrates 50 Years
During the 2019-2020 academic year, Black Studies will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies. As a part of the celebration, items from the John L. Warfield Papers can be seen here.
Life & Letters: Follow Your Arts Desire
With all the events going on around town this month, it’s easy to forget that we have several excellent art galleries right on campus. Luckily, I’m here to remind you about two shows currently on display at the Art Galleries at Black Studies (AGBS) and the Benson Latin American Collection which spotlight both diverse artists and the wealth of art resources here at UT Austin.
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Tex Libris: A Firsthand Experience in the Black Diaspora Archive
Natalie Hill is one of the inaugural members of the Consuelo Artaza and Dr. Carlos Castañeda Diversity Alliance Residency Program. She is currently in her second semester of the residency.
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Daily Texan: UT’s Black Diaspora Archive announces inaugural exhibition
Last month, the Black Diaspora Archive announced its inaugural exhibition featuring the works of psychologist, academic and social activist Edmund W. Gordon, the namesake to UT’s Gordon-White building.
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Establishing History: The Black Diaspora Archive and the Texas Domestic Slave Trade Project
The vision for the Black Diaspora Archive at The University of Texas at Austin came into focus in 2013 as a collaborative project between Black Studies, LLILAS Benson, and the University of Texas Libraries. After years of continued successful collaboration, Black Studies approached LLILAS Benson with the idea of creating an archive devoted to the Black Diaspora. Since its founding in 1921, the Benson Latin American Collection has actively collected Latin American materials that document communities and people of color, but it had never done so in a planned and dedicated way. Very quickly, leadership Continue reading “Establishing History: The Black Diaspora Archive and the Texas Domestic Slave Trade Project”
Tex Libris: Collecting the Black Experience
2016 Fall Internship Q & A with Angela Perkins
Angela Perkins served at the BDA’s first Graduate Student Assistant (GRA), and made significant contributions to the processing of the Edmund W. Gordon Papers.
Read about Angela’s experience on the Texas iSchool Information Portal here.