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Black Culture Archives on Instagram: Empowerment, Surveillance & Reclamation By Houreidja Tall

Black diasporic archival pages on Instagram serve as a virtual space for Black people to remember, honor, and share our pasts, particularly from points of view that are often overlooked.

How Black archives are highlighting overlooked parts of history and culture

"It was an accessible way for people to peek into the past," Pinder says of the project. "I really just wanted to create a photo archive that captured the history, cultural diversity and everyday life experiences of people across the African diaspora."