Black Voices Preserve History Across Communities

Across Florida, California and North Carolina, educators, scholars and artists are finding ways to preserve and discuss Black history and experiences. Activist Marvin Dunn leads tours and developed a textbook on African American history in Florida, challenging efforts to restrict classroom discussion of race; he is also suing over Miami-Dade College’s decision to make public land available for a proposed Trump library. UC Santa Barbara’s upcoming Cedric and Elizabeth Robinson Archive Conference will bring scholars, activists and archival practitioners together to consider Black resistance and the role of archives. In Asheville, four Black storytellers will perform together in a program foregrounding their varied experiences and artistic voices. Author Adam Nelson, discussing his novel about a touring production of Huckleberry Finn, reflects on racial representation and argues against censoring literature that unsettles readers.