a note: if you'd like to read this story without repeatedly watching footage of violent arrests, you can click to disable the videos at the beginning

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I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.

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So glad for Pat's leadership in the field and to see so many respected/trusted colleagues on the project team here- the nebulousness of "community-[?] archives" is made a little more solid here, but the report also makes me think about all the benefits and losses of honing memory into archive

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Friends, please check out this new report on community-based archives, "Powerful But Precarious," linked from the Mellon website. A participatory action research study, it provides a rich portrait of these organizations—their aspirations, wants, and resilience. Enjoy! www.mellon.org/features/com...

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The richest collection I ever found was when I couldn't find a particular scientist's papers: I used his obit to identify his kids' names, called up his son, and was given full access to three dozen boxes they kept in the garage, with a cup of coffee waiting for me every morning.

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