Voices in the Archive.

The article focuses on how interviews with formerly enslaved people, collected by the Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s, created a rare and invaluable archive that reshaped the historical study of American slavery. Topics include the political and cultural context of the New Deal arts programs,...

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Publicado en:History Today Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 22 - 25
Autor principal: Livesey, Andrea
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: History Today Ltd. Feb2026
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