Race and Racism in the Archives

An Open Discussion

Joel A. Blanco-RiveraFebruary 12, 2014

Racism and the Archival Record

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http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/sovcom/

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Joanne Rathe, Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/photos/photos_galleries/apartheidsouthafrica?pg=9

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Pluralism in the Archives

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http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/archives-puerto-rican-diaspora-home-page

http://larespuestamedia.com

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Day of the Dead - Experience the Tradition

References• Daniel, Dominique. “Documenting the Immigrant and Ethnic

Experience in American Archives,” American Archivist 73, no. 1 (2010)

• Gibbs, Rabia. “The Heart of the Matter: The Developmental History of African American Archives,” The American Archivist 75 (Spring/Summer 2012).

• PACG. "Educating for the Archival Multiverse." The American Archivist 74, no. 1 (2011): 69-101.

• Ramirez, Mario H. “The Task of the Latino/a Archivist: On Archiving Identity and Community,” InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies 5, no. 1 (2009), http://www .escholarship.org/uc/item/5d4366f9.

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Thanks

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