Black Preservation Stories
Black Preservation Stories
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Black Preservation Stories uncovers the passion, challenges, and triumphs of the preservationists who safeguard Black history and communities for future generations. We amplify their voices and highlight projects that counter historical erasure and expand the preservation of Black heritage. We demystify the process behind every effort by examining how communities mobilize resources, sustain initiatives, and leverage preservation to strengthen identity, social cohesion, advocacy, and empowerment. Showcasing these grassroots movements, Black Preservation Stories both celebrates the resilience of Black communities and calls for systemic change to ensure equitable representation in America’s collective history.
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The podcast covers a range of topics centered on the preservation of Black culture and history, with episodes examining grassroots projects like the restoration of the Tanner House, the Mound Bayou Museum's legacy, and the Bellevue Passage Museum's fight against development. These themes highlight community mobilization, social cohesion, and empowerment while addressing systemic inequities.
Black Preservation Stories uncovers the passion, challenges, and triumphs of the preservationists who safeguard Black history and communities for future generations. We amplify their voices and highlight projects that counter historical erasure and expand the preservation of Black heritage. We demystify the process behind every effort by examining how communities mobilize resources, sustain initiatives, and leverage preservation to strengthen identity, social cohesion, advocacy, and empowerment. Showcasing these grassroots movements, Black Preservation Stories both celebrates the resilience of Black communities and calls for systemic change to ensure equitable representation in America’s collective history.
How do faith, dignity, self-respect, and inter generational land stewardship inform both survival and freedom?
In celebration of Black August and the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, this episode focuses on the Safe House Black History Museum in Greensboro, AL.
In Greensboro, AL, stands a house that once shielded Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from the deadly threats of the Ku Klux Klan on March 21st, 1968, two weeks before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. Today, the Safe House Black History Museums honors the everyday foot soldiers of the movement and their sacrifices in the struggle for freedom.
Executive Director Rev. Kervin Jones joins us to discuss preserving the unique culture and history of Alabama’s Black belt, honoring the unsung foot soldiers of the movement, confronting the lingering traumas of Jim Crow, and the continuing fight for land retention and freedom.
This episode is dedicated to the work and memory of museum founder Theresa Turner Burroughs (1928-2019).
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