The times when families and friends kept physical photo albums to store their memories are slowly fading. Though there’s a convenience to instantly posting your beach day online […]
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Black Seattle’s Unfamiliar Faces: Help Identify Them
KUOW.ORG Rare Photos Of Black Seattle Unearthed: Help ID Them By Marcie Sillman March 20, 2015 “Seattle is a young city, young enough that most of its history can […]
Trudy Erwin: Preserving Family History
My photo project began shortly after my father died in 2001. It was then that I took possession of several carrousels of slides as well as many photos. My collection […]
DDFR Bronx Roadshow Sparks a 50 Year Friendship Reunion!
As the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow travels from city to city, there have been many surprises as communities share memories, places and people. Last July, we visited the Bronx […]
Marian McPartland, Jazz Pianist and NPR Radio Staple, Dies at 95
Marian McPartland at a celebration of her 90th birthday in New York in 2008. Courtesy of Chang W. Lee/The New York Times. The New York Times Marian McPartland, Jazz Pianist […]
‘A Headstone for Mamie Smith’ Campaign Has Ended!
Visit the campaign page directly at “A Headstone for Mamie Smith, Blues Singer“. “… This INDIEGOGO campaign [is] to erect a headstone for African American blues singer MAMIE SMITH (1883-1946), […]
DDFR Roadshow Highlights the Bronx!
The Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow wrapped up its’ final city-wide tour funded by the Rockefeller Foundation NYC Cultural Innovation Fund when visiting a New York borough most personal to […]
Brooklyn College Roadshow Grand Finale!
It is with great pleasure to present the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow (DDFR) at Brooklyn College. DDFR’s first photo sharing collaboration with a college, sponsored by the Brooklyn College […]
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow Has Seen Photos of REAL Bronx Tales!
THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS AND DIGITAL DIASPORA FAMILY REUNION SEEK REAL BRONX TALES: CELEBRATING FAMILY AND THE BRONX! Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) in cooperation with The Bronx […]
Perfeito Tavose From Queens
When the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow made a stop at the Louis Armstrong House Museum during the Spring of 2012, we were overwhelmed with the amazing stories that families […]