https://www.theblackivists.com/home-2 daily 1.0 2026-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1631666139919-6PFYLPHL81OBQCCAJ7ZJ/2_DPW_HowardU_resized.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/d72f09fa-2001-46ae-a9fb-dc5b4b6f5215/64-PR-107-31.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1631666139919-6PFYLPHL81OBQCCAJ7ZJ/2_DPW_HowardU_resized.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1631666149911-QCSO3U6WANA07S3ZB7JW/64-PR-107-31.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1631666154802-P5GHKJOLOLSH4EGLUVMY/64-NA-454.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1631763962867-XDU4T8KXHAGAVJMMF8NN/IMG_4256.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1632101549763-06ZFNQ7CHVNF4IP2404T/vharsh.jpg Home https://www.theblackivists.com/our-mission daily 0.75 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1567788546943-L54B1ZKIX7OW5KPA8SOJ/15-0678a.gif Mission Lerone Bennett, Senior Editor at Ebony Magazine in his office at Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, 1973. Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.theblackivists.com/team daily 0.75 2023-06-28 https://www.theblackivists.com/services daily 0.75 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1567719681631-6S90EB2682Y2M6YZ64DG/hall084-opening-day-web.jpg Services George Cleveland Hall Library Branch Opening Day, January 1932. Vivian Harsh, center. Source: Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1617515766314-1687XDNX9YUBMAFMCVP4/IMG_1306+%281%29.jpeg Services The Blackivists with members of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party at the Woodson Regional Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1617515831421-KYW8OICS3BTDM826MNGJ/MAF_2825.jpeg Services Blackivist members Stacie Williams and Steven Booth scanning Chicago House Music ephemera at the first CBSCM Community Archiving Day. Photo by M Thrē Photography. https://www.theblackivists.com/frequently-asked-questions daily 0.75 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1567793936725-C9CRQ6GZUVOFM2WQOBID/FAQs.jpg Frequently Asked Questions Washington National Records Center Stack Area with Employee Servicing Records, ca. 1968. Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.theblackivists.com/projects daily 0.75 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1603839678170-EIY42JC7Y0D15QOTVLEX/CTJM-Staff-768x1163.jpg Projects Organizers and advisory board of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM) Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1567827897622-8CYFQI3BPHGYDCSCP4EG/IMG_1306.jpg Projects The Blackivists with members of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party at the Woodson Regional Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1567806103788-TJHN9PTNMNP960QYRE4U/MAF_2825.jpg Projects Blackivists members Stacie Williams and Steven Booth scanning Chicago House Music ephemera at the first CBSCM Community Archiving Day. (Photo by M Thrē Photography) https://www.theblackivists.com/mission daily 0.75 2019-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1567788546943-L54B1ZKIX7OW5KPA8SOJ/15-0678a.gif About Lerone Bennett, Senior Editor at Ebony Magazine in his office at Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, 1973. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.theblackivists.com/media daily 0.75 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1594533544265-6NO0U8RSNERIOVIMAN5O/Activists+at+Freedom+Day+school+boycott+being+interviewed+by+WSBC+reporter+%28Vivian+Harsh+Collection%29.jpg Media Activists at Freedom Day school boycott being interviewed by WSBC reporter, October 1963. Source: Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library. https://www.theblackivists.com/events daily 0.75 2022-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/49bb4a7c-2a13-4913-ae8d-a515177e3280/instapg1.png Events Event flyer created by Ronan Battistoni. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1634691062178-Y3WC2PB1LRZWXEQTEI1O/FBwecEEVQAIKayQ.jpeg Events - Make it stand out Event flyer for “Angela Davis - Seize the Time” presented by Rutger’s Zimmerli Art Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1602963484576-AZLPRPTWN2VSOG0XC8O7/image-asset.jpeg Events Event flyer for “Sensing History” presented by Weeksville Heritage Center’s The Legacy Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1602857023272-NDTGWJA4IY3DJSRS0YRD/VA_Digital+Preservation_Oct+22_Flyer_1.jpg Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1602857036829-M27HYYLUQ4NU8J8N1M7X/VA_Digital+Preservation_Oct+22_Flyer_2.jpg Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1602962656414-VNRKKH8524WSS2CVOHXV/2020NYAW_Blackivists_Digital+Sticker.jpg Events Event flyer for the 2020 New York Archives Week Symposium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1602856423002-NZQPVLDH0YBROBMIL987/ArchivingProtests_June192020_r1+%282%29.jpg Events Event flyer created by Alexandra Dolan-Mescal. https://www.theblackivists.com/projects-1 daily 0.75 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1567827897622-8CYFQI3BPHGYDCSCP4EG/IMG_1306.jpg Projects (Copy) The Blackivists with members of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party at the Woodson Regional Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/1567806103788-TJHN9PTNMNP960QYRE4U/MAF_2825.jpg Projects (Copy) Blackivists members Stacie Williams and Steven Booth scanning Chicago House Music ephemera at the first CBSCM Community Archiving Day. (Photo by M Thrē Photography) https://www.theblackivists.com/aboutditb daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/59d28cae-4897-4801-937e-b2cf8c136154/DITB_Logo_FINAL_Color_1200px.jpg Diamond in the Back - Make it stand out Diamond shaped logo of the grant project name ‘Diamond in the Back’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/958d9cb0-5515-4668-a13e-a59ffa8a1870/8674903259_542a943e16_o.jpg Diamond in the Back Black neighbors spending time outside on a sunny day on Chicago’s West Side in 1974. On the left, two children stand together, one holding a bike. In the shadow of the home that falls outside of the frame, another child sits on the porch. To the right, two young people stand, one with their hands in the hair of the other, braiding. Cars line the street in front of them. Photo from John H. White’s series DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 – 1977. Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.theblackivists.com/workshops daily 0.75 2023-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/38dd68d4-f0c8-4df5-925a-1cb1f3933413/The-Cookout-Web.jpeg Workshop Series - Make it stand out A graphic with the header text "The Cookout: A Community-Based Archiving Conversation" in the color red, followed by "A Community-Based Archiving Conversation with the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, Lawndale Pop-Up Spot, alt space Chicago, and Heaux History, moderated by Raquel Flores-Clemons of The Blackivists." The text at the bottom says "Sunday, July 16th, 2:00PM CST / 3:00 EST, Virtual via Zoom, ASL and live-captioning provided." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/7dc79e6f-d6d1-4bbd-a88b-5007ff29fe65/Activing-the-Archive-Website.jpeg Workshop Series - Make it stand out A graphic with the header text "Activating the Archive" in the color red, followed by "Panel Discussion with Makiba Foster, Meida McNeal, and Morris (Dino) Robinson, Jr., moderated by Stacie Williams of The Blackivists. Below that text there are three headshots of the presenters and the Diamond in the Back logo in blue, red, and purple. The text at the bottom says "Sunday, March 26th, 2:00PM CST/ 3:00 EST, Virtual via Zoom, ASL and live-captioning provided" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/2241e5ae-dd34-4bff-b737-aa540a87ef5e/Make-It-Last-Forever-Website.jpeg Workshop Series - Make it stand out A graphic with the title "Make It Last Forever: A Digital Preservation Workshop.” The supporting text says "Led by Zakiya Collier, Sunday, November 6, 2:00 PM CST / 3:00 PM EST, Virtual via Zoom." Includes a portrait of Zakiya smiling while wearing hoop earrings and a scarf around her neck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/98168c06-93c2-4bdb-af47-46c7e4a49d5f/GrantWriting_Website.jpg Workshop Series - Make it stand out A graphic with the title "Where the Money Reside? Grant Writing for Your Archives.” The supporting text says "Led by Andrea Jackson Gavin, Sunday, October 16, 2:00 PM CST / 3:00 PM EST, Virtual via Zoom." Includes a portrait of Andrea wearing a pearl necklace with her hair in a curly afro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/10bd9e80-71b8-49b5-8c7a-7d7223445acb/Archiving101_March20-2022-6.jpeg Workshop Series A Black toddler wearing a brown shirt with their hair in short braids eating a snow cone. Photo from John H. White’s series DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 – 1977. Source: The National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.theblackivists.com/five-tips-for-anyone-documenting-movements daily 0.75 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/67001a9c-549b-456f-8622-5bfa66b95e23/n873t0g_scrubbed.jpeg Five Tips for Anyone Documenting Movements Example of blurring faces using Image Scrubber on a photo from the Black Power movement at the Chicago Freedom Movement Rally, Soldier Field (Freedom Sunday), July 10, 1966. Source: University of Illinois at Chicago Library. https://www.theblackivists.com/five-tips-for-donating-your-materials daily 0.75 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/cb33428b-bfb6-4f05-844c-adbae0f94a90/Series-II-Buildings-and-Grounds.jpeg Five Tips for Donating Your Materials Photo shows about a dozen adults and children outdoors in Chicago’s Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood, many of them sweeping the streets with brooms. Source: University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf2-09786], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. https://www.theblackivists.com/about-five-tips daily 0.75 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/cecb4714-8a59-4eda-8695-1dc154a7b171/jd4qh82.jpeg About Five Tips Four Black adults are seated in classroom chairs taking notes. The fifth adult is speaking to them, probably a teacher. Source: Seven Settlement Houses-Database of Photos, Special Collections and University Archives, the University of Illinois at Chicago Library. https://www.theblackivists.com/toward-an-archival-reckoning daily 0.75 2022-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/430d23fa-bd1a-4520-91a8-26f32d5a6266/ahr_127_2coverfig.jpeg Toward An Archival Reckoning Cover of the June 2022 issue of The American Historical Review. Artist Dustin Klein projects an image of George Floyd onto the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, on June 18, 2020. Klein also projected the images of notable Black figures, including Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Billie Holiday, and W. E. B. DuBois, onto the statue in what he said was an effort to reclaim the meanings of the space. Later in June, Governor Ralph Northam ordered the Lee statue's removal. The monument's defenders went to court to prevent its removal, but their case was dismissed in September 2021 and the statue was removed on September 8. The pedestal with Black Lives Matter slogans and graffiti stayed in place until the end of the 2021, before also being removed. Photo courtesy of Reuters. https://www.theblackivists.com/interviews daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2b933d62fa530001cf4d9e/66f76b86-d893-4818-aef6-4bb1566a8b75/Portraits_LawndalePopUp_SFC_25-2048x1365.jpeg Interview Series Jonathan Kelley, Jay Simon, Chelsea Ridley, and Steven D. Booth stand side-by-side in front of a colorful mural with the word “Unity” painted just above their heads. They’re each looking directly into the camera as the sun continues to shine bright and high over them. Photo by Samantha Friend Cabrera.