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,...
| Published in: | History Today Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 22 - 25 |
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History Today Ltd.
Feb2026
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| Summary: | 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, the influence of race and power on the interview process, and the ways these testimonies reveal everyday life, resistance, and memory beyond traditional written records. |
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