Further Reading

Toni Morrison’s Personal Library is Now Available to Purchase
October 30, 2020, Galerie Magazine
Written by Michelle Sinclair Colman

Muddy Waters’ former Chicago Home to become a Blues Museum and Community Center
July 31, 2020, Chicago Defender 
Written by Tammy Gibson

Love and Lubrication in the Archives, or rukus!:
A Black Queer Archive for the United Kingdom
January 7, 2010, Archivaria
Written by Ajamu X, Topher Campbell, and Mary Stevens

Once Upon A Lately:
A Poet’s Story
September 2014, Sixty Inches From Center
Essay by Marian Hayes

Paper Trails
September 2014, Sixty Inches From Center
Poem and Video by JeNaé Taylor

History for Sale:
Ebony Images on the Market
June 19, 2015, Sixty Inches From Center
Essay by Wisdom Baty

#ArchivesSoWhite:
Preparing for the Field
August 2016, Sixty Inches From Center
Essay by Analú López


Archives for Black Lives:
An Interview with Jarrett M. Drake
October 2016, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by Analú López


Retelling Lives on the South Side through Film:
South Side Home Movie Project
June 2018, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by S. Nicole Lane


Individual As Archivist with Analú López and Stacie Williams [VIDEO]
August 2017, Sixty Inches From Center
Filmed by On the Real Film


Oldest Black-owned nightclub in city faces uncertain future
May 2018, Chicago Reader
Article by Dave Hoekstra


Do Not Erase Black Femmes In Your History of Gay Slang
June 2018, Paper Magazine
Essay by Mikelle Street


Tonika G. Johnson Uses Visual Activism to Combat Distorted Truth
September 2018, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by Ireashia M. Bennett


Archivist and Activist Erin Glasco Envisions Rebuilding the Archive—From the Inside Out
September 2018, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by Ireashia M. Bennett


The Thrival Geographies of Shani Crowe, Andres L. Hernandez, and Amanda Williams
September 2018, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by Tempestt Hazel


Archivist Candace Ming Preserves and Uplifts the Cultural Memory of Chicago’s South Side
September 2018, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by Ireashia M. Bennett


Abolitionist Sarah-Ji Uses Photography To Reimagine Community Liberation
October 2018, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by Ireashia M. Bennett


Chicago Archives + Artists Project:
Artist Profile on Aay Preston-Myint
December 2018, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by S. Nicole Lane


Locating Your Practice in ‘African American Designers in Chicago:
Art, Commerce and the Politics of Race,’ with D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem
January 2019, Sixty Inches From Center
Essay by Noor Shawaf


Black Monument Ensemble:
Looking Back From Now
July 2019, Sixty Inches From Center
Review by Ireashia M. Bennett


Their Family Bought Land One Generation After Slavery.
The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.
July 2019, ProPublica
Essay by Lizzie Presser


Raquel Flores-Clemons of Chicago State University talks Chicago Open Archives [PODCAST]
October 2019, Chicago Area Archivists


Flashback: A heroine to history:
Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s first black librarian, preserved black history, literature with massive collection
January 2020, Chicago Tribune
Article by Ross Grossman


A Survey of the Material Culture of Enslaved Black Women through Runaway Slave Advertisements
June 2020, Colonial Williamsburg
Essay by Hope Wright


Shirley Graham Du Bois: Rediscovering a Lost Voice Through a Very Grand Opera
July 2020, WQXR
Recorded with David Patrick Sterns


Christina Marie Shutt tries to infuse history with voices from another perspective
July 2020, Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Article by Dwain Hebda


Tricia Hersey, a testimony on liberation theology and rest as inheritance
October 2020, Sixty Inches From Center
Interview by Tempestt Hazel


Tracking Activists:
The FBI’s Surveillance of Black Women Activists Then and NowOrganization of American Historians
Organization of American Historians
Article by Ashley D. Farmer