Tag: cultural preservation
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BET News and the Vanishing Digital Archive: What Happens When Black Media History Goes Offline?
By Panafrican.email News Desk A piece of Black media history appears to have disappeared from the public internet. BET has removed its digital news articles from BET.com, reportedly as the company shifts the website toward a more video-first strategy. The change may appear to be a routine corporate redesign, but for journalists, researchers, historians and…
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Saint Heron Opens Free Digital Archive Library, Bringing Rare Black Literature and Art Back Into Reach
By Panafrican.email News Desk In an important new initiative for the preservation and accessibility of Black cultural knowledge, Saint Heron has opened its Saint Heron Digital Archive Library, creating a free lending library centered on rare, first-edition, out-of-print, and historically significant works by Black and brown authors, poets, artists, and cultural thinkers. Founded by artist…