Organizations discuss preserving Detroit's African American history
Chronicling the careers and stories of Black Architects as part of Detroit's, Michigan's and America's history is at the core of the Noir Design Parti project. We connected with other organizations to discuss why preserving Detroit's African American history is crucial.
Over half-century after the 1967 uprising, black historians often still feel out of place in the archive world. The goal of the discussion was to help identify concerns, identify collection resources for Black history archives, and promote the needs of archivists/ historians and archives from people of color and the places important to their history.
Moderated by Noir Design Parti's Saundra Little, AIA, NOMA, panelists included:
Over half-century after the 1967 uprising, black historians often still feel out of place in the archive world. The goal of the discussion was to help identify concerns, identify collection resources for Black history archives, and promote the needs of archivists/ historians and archives from people of color and the places important to their history.
Moderated by Noir Design Parti's Saundra Little, AIA, NOMA, panelists included:
- Paige Watkins, Black Bottom Archives
- Carleton S. Gholz, Detroit Sound Conservancy
- Ruth Mills, Quinn Evans Architects
- David Head and Karen Hudson Samuels, Detroit Historical Society’s Black Historic Sites Committee
- Carl Nielbock, CAN Art Handworks
