Black Voice News: Archiving the Black Web Trains the Next Generation to Safeguard Digital Heritage

Breanna Reaves

Overview: The Trump administration has issued 152 executive orders to dismantle federal programs, policies, and laws, including diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has removed some artifacts, while the National Parks Service has removed references to Harriet Tubman and the Fugitive Slave Act. To combat the erasure of Black history, Archiving the Black Web (ATBW) is working to preserve Black experiences online through web archiving training, with a focus on preserving Black content on the internet.

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