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.
has originating institution
Type
Digital Collection
categorical focus
A collection with a general focus on the pandemic, which includes Jewish materials and experiences
collection URL
collecting 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