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Title
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Preserving the Power: Malcolm X in the Archive
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Creator
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Essa, Majad
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Santiago O'Byrne, Bryan
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Scott, Stephanie
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Souther, Colin Andrew
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Description
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Final Assignment for Generative Histories Harlem Pt. 2
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Language
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English
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Subject
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Harlem Cultural Archives
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL)
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Malcolm X
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Black Power
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Empowerment
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Resiliency
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Cultural Preservation
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Abstract
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"We wanted to collaborate Harlem and its significant history and dwell it with a combination on how it can be archived together and displayed. Each group member archived a specific time in Malcolm's life that had a significant impact in his life, as well as Harlem, and we each decided on a scheme of how it could be archived today. For example, I decided show the time where Malcolm X had been threatened with his life by the Nation of Islam, which made him hold a firearm peeking out the window of his home in a famous picture. I decided to edit the firearm out and replace it with the Quran to showcase his true beliefs in his religion. The way I archived this was making it into a comic book theme to display this moment of his life. Other members created audio archives of his speeches, another created a VR interpretation of it, where you would use a VR headset and experience impactful moments in Malcolm X's life." -Bryan Santiago O'Byrne
