Taking history off the shelf! Ever evolving cultural media agency; produces, promotes, preserves stories: docs, events, digital archives Prod/Dir Adrena Ifill
Washington, DC
Joined October 2011
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This Week's Featured Movie on ALNTV...Tune-in today to watch the @DoubleBackProd documentary film ROBERT SMALLS: A PATRIOT'S JOURNEY FROM SLAVERY TO CAPITOL HILL streaming now. ALNTV is available on Android & at americanlegacynetwork.tv. Start your FREE trial today!
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Popular seafood restaurant set to close both DC locations over rising crime, costs wusa9.com/article/news/local…
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At approximately 10 p.m., PIO will be giving sound in the parking lot of the White Oak Shopping Center located in the 11200 block of New Hampshire Ave.
#mcpnews
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This is the unlikely story of a Canada goose couple that has returned for years to lay eggs at Nat Geo’s headquarters in the heart of Washington D.C.—and the arduous journey the bird family must make after the goslings hatch.
Video by Douglas Main
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All this arguing about “who don’t eat rice” is ridiculous considering A LOT of our food in the African diaspora is either the same or similar.
So here’s some examples of diasporic foods that are the same, similar, or have the same roots:
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Not even a generation removed from slavery, Black women organized an intersectional movement for freedom, education and more. I spoke with @docmoodyturner and Dr. Sabrina Evans @DigBlk about the archive that preserves their legacy.
#InternationalWomensDay
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Exciting News!
We are thrilled to announce our newly revived MSRC monthly newsletter, titled The Moorland. The Moorland will be a digital periodical keeping you all informed on all things happening at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Tap the link in our bio to subscribe!
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HBD ANNA JULIA COOPER🎉🎉What a joy to see the release of the Portable Anna Julia Cooper on the 164th anniversary of her birth. TY local/indie bookstores for carrying the edition:@Bookshop_Org @IguanaBooks @PoliticsProse @kramerbooks @harriettsbooks @BN_Frederick @PenguinClassics
THE PORTABLE ANNA JULIA COOPER, edited by @docmoodyturner and from series editor @HenryLouisGates, is now available in Penguin Classics!
Start reading the collection of writings from the iconic foremother of Black women's intellectual history and activism:bit.ly/3QvZXd9
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Howard University to digitize its archive of thousands of Black newspapers nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/howa… via @nbcnews
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While historians have focused on the national campaign to get the vote for African American women, few know that the first post-Civil War Black women voters were in Wyoming Territory in 1870. See their story here: blackpast.org/african-americ….
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Some argued that Brazil's national cooptation of Black culture diluted its resistant force.
Despite this, "samba is politics" at "Renascença Clube, a potent symbol of black pride and resistance since it was founded by black Brazilians in 1951." #BHM theguardian.com/world/2022/f…
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Pleased to announce the 2021-2022 @ASALH Book Prize Finalists. 😍📕👊🏿
Congrats Erica Edwards, V. P. Franklin, @jarvisrgivens, @TamikaYNunley, K. Stephen Price, Keith Wailoo, @elizabhinton, @DestinKJenkins. 🎉👇🏿👏🏿
Toast to the Finalists!
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Do you know the history of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and the role that Rep. #JohnConyers played in its passage? @DoubleBackProd @CBCFInc @TheBlackCaucus @LVBurke @drolarkb @DrBenChavis avoiceonline.org/mlk/history…
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Great story!
WATCH: A Rio neighborhood which used to be a garbage dump has been transformed into one of Latin America’s largest urban vegetable gardens with crops feeding around 800 local families reut.rs/3ImyUNT
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In 2016, I did a Q&A with Greg Tate about his just-published Flyboy2: The Greg Tate Reader for Publishers Weekly. I really liked how turned it out, especially when he shouted out his Howard University roots. Ashe, Ion. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t…
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Please welcome historian Dr. Benjamin Talton who has been appointed as our new director!
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With the Searchable Museum, launching today, @NMAAHC brings the transformative history galleries to all devices, letting you hold history in your hands. Explore our first exhibition, Slavery & Freedom, complete with collections and educational resources: SearchableMuseum.com
