Recent tragic events have called to mind the wise words of the late Rodney King, reminding us that violence is not the antidote to violence. As we look forward to […]
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My Lesbian Great Aunt
During one of the Montgomery dinners at Dartmouth, I met Viktor Witkowski, a painter and Visiting Faculty at Studio Art Department) with his partner Katie Hornstein, a Professor of Art […]
Free Father’s Day Online Streaming of Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela
As we approach Father’s Day, I thought to share this free YouTube broadcast screening of my film Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela. Click the photo below to watch! This father’s […]
Chief of the Red Caps: James H. Williams and The Making Of A Harlem Community Hero
By Eric K. Washington “At the Grand Central station is a colored man who probably knows more people than any other Negro in New York,” a front page lede in […]
In Celebration of Fathers’ Day: A Son’s Remembrance
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion came across this wonderful image and moving testimonial by a son of a father on LinkedIn and reached out to the author Jon Daniel with a […]
Smuggled Family Album from the Holocaust Resurfaces
We stumbled across this article shortly after publishing a piece about another Jewish family that smuggled their album out of Nazi Germany in the 1930s by Amanda Herz. Unlike Amanda’s […]
Image & Context: How POV Informs Our Understanding of An Image
By Thomas Allen Harris When I first read this story in the New York Times I was struck by how the politics of images of power play across gender, race […]
May Highlights From Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Facebook Group!
Here are some of the photographs and stories that were posted in our DDFR Facebook Group. We are looking forward to continuing our mission with your story and photographs! This […]
An Heroic Mother Saves Her Family From Nazi Germany
Just before our DDFR Dartmouth Roadshow on May 9th, I was invited by Lecturer Martin Roberts to present on DDFR in his Digital Arts & Culture course. The topic of the […]
Françoise Bouffault: Making the Past More Alive
We met Françoise Bouffault after the DDFR @ NY African Film Festival and invited her to share her family story. The following is the email that she sent in response. Dear […]