The Power of Storytelling: Black Media and Archiving Black History w/ Angela Ford, Founder and Executive Director of The Obsidian Collection
How can Black stories be uplifted to empower and honor Black history and humanity, rather than Black trauma and pain? How can Black storytellers remain connected to those histories while simultaneously drafting our collective and personal Black futures?
These are all questions that Angela Ford, Founder and Executive Director of The Obsidian Collection, aims to address through archives of Black journalism and photographs.
Season two’s Volume One – The Power of Storytelling – aims to cover how stories, words, and information are powerful tools to cultivate power in the Black community and for Black people in our individual journies. Learn more about The Obsidian Collection’s work to do just that in episode 17 of Better to Speak: The Podcast.
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Sources and Additional Information:
Reporters of Color Are Declaring Independence - The Obsidian Collection Newsroom
Part one: A brief history of Black-owned news media (June 8, 2020) - The Obsidian Collection Newsroom
The Chicago Defender's New Headquarters - The Obsidian Collection Archives — Google Arts & Culture
Chicago Defender, influential African American newspaper, ceasing print publication - Chicago Tribune
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