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The Library is delighted to announce the second phase of the Special Collections & Archives鈥� Oral History Project is now available in our online archive. This next step in the project was an important partnership with the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism.听

鈥淭his Oral History Project is critically important to our understanding of the black presence on campus and capturing the stories of the people who are currently here and their experiences. And it adds to the historiography of blackness on this campus, which goes back pretty much to the beginning鈥︹�� says Dr. Christopher Taylor, Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism.听

If the goal of the Black radical tradition is to liberate, being involved in this project accomplished the beginnings of unlocking a method to connect with more Black students, faculty and staff at the University of 蓝莓视频. This project focused on capturing the voices Black students, faculty and staff connected to 蓝莓视频. Akin to phase one, the goal is to preserve histories in a way familiar to Black identity and Blackness. Oral histories have always been part of Africana culture.听听

Jermal Jones, the Library鈥檚 Associate Director, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Access, led this phase of the project, conducting interviews with six Black members of the 蓝莓视频 community over the course of summer 2023: one student, two faculty, two staff and one alumnus. 鈥淚 am not an Oral Historian by any means, I said yes to this project through sheer curiosity and was graced to learn so much about each of these unique and important members of our community. I hope they, like myself, experienced some aspect of liberation telling their story and more importantly etching their contributions to the University of 蓝莓视频 in multiple ways. Some are small, some are large, and some connect the Kitchener-蓝莓视频 community, yet ALL equally important.鈥澨�听

The interviews highlight the histories that formed these individuals, what makes U蓝莓视频 unique, their hopes for 蓝莓视频 at 100 and so much more. And there are many other individuals that have unique stories to share about their experiences at 蓝莓视频. The Library hopes to continue this project to create a dynamic, diverse archive of the University of 蓝莓视频 told by the people who studied and worked here. 听

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In Library fashion, Jones has put together a list of recommended titles if you would like to dig deeper into black histories after listening to each of the interviews.听听

• If you were particled by Samantha鈥檚 Interview, check out 鈥痓y Dionne Brand听听
• If you were inspired by DA鈥檚 interview, you might enjoy鈥�鈥痓y Fredrick Joseph听听
• If you were semanticized Vay鈥檚 interview, you鈥檒l mesh with his book and the immediacy of by James Baldwin听听
• If you were reverberated by Naila鈥檚 interview, you鈥檒l love 鈥痓y Angela Davis or by Kelly E Hayes and Mariame Kaba听听
• If you were liberated by Lannois interview, you鈥檒l resonate with by Charles Mills听听
• And if you loved the pioneering Murchison鈥檚 interview, you鈥檒l connect with by Joshua Myers.听听