"Memory Work.” Archiving While Black, Changing the Future of the HBCU Landscape

This episode focuses on the landscape of HBCU archives and institutional memory, examining limitations caused by lack of funding and resources.  Our interviewees are Magana Kabugi and Holly Smith. Magana Kabugi is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Fisk University, Nashville. His research examines HBCU history and uses archival materials to find out more about important Civil Rights figures. Holly Smith is the head archivist at Spelman College, Atlanta. She values  ethics of care in the custodianship of HBCU materials, and wants to ensure that all feel welcome in the archive, and know that their histories are valuable. Both of our interviewees discussed how to encourage more black archivists, and examined the future of the field.