Eugene B. Redmond and Quincy Troupe Discuss Henry Dumas

The Memoir My Dad Wouldn't Write

Henry Dumas was a gifted poet and fiction writer who was killed in 1968. Since then, my father (and now I) have executed Henry Dumas's estate. Listen as I lead my father and his good friend, renowned poet Quincy Troupe in a conversation about Dumas and how Quincy's friendship with Toni Morrison helped to propel Dumas's work into the public sphere.

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NEW Preserving Our Family Elders’ Stories COURSE ALERT!

Womanist/Feminist Approaches To Community Archives And Memory Keeping

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Join me for this INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY ARCHIVES Learning Experience.

An intensive accessible for all learning levels specific to what community archiving is and some fun ways to preserve history.

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What topics will be covered?

- How long has the concept of archiving existed? What are some early examples?

- What distinguishes womanist or feminist archives and archiving? What are some current archives and how can we access them?

- How has your family already been archiving and how might you assemble archival materials?

- How do you preserve stories and make a podcast out of them?

- What are some non traditional archives?

- How might we extend this class to support each other going forward?

- So much more!

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Culture Keeping: Womanist/Feminist Approaches To Community Archives And Memory Keeping

Instructor: @[email protected]

Online zoom/interactive

SUNDAY | March 24

5PM CST

* All classes will be recorded and available for later viewing and access.

REGISTER: https://thecommunityarchive.org/shop/

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