Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic

Item

Title

Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic

Description

A mandate to document the experience of Black residents of South Carolina for inclusion at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Collecting written testimonies of personal experience (diaries, letters, essays, poetry), artwork, photographs, videos, screenshots of social media posts, and testimony from children and teens. There are plans to follow up with oral history interviews after the pandemic has ended and in-person story collection is possible. The project has received extensive coverage in local news. As of June 13, the collection includes 13 interviews with doctors, elected officials, and everyday people and 45 submissions of text and images.

Type

Digital Collection

categorical focus

A collection with a general focus on the pandemic, which includes Jewish materials and experiences

collection URL

populated place name

Columbia

state/territory name

South Carolina

country name

United States

geographical focus

South

material focus

images
videos
audio
oral histories
texts or documents

Accrual Method

Email materials to a person at a collecting institution