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The Black Archives is a unique historical archive where one can go for inspiring conversations, substantive activities and books from black and other perspectives that are often underexposed elsewhere. 

The Black Archives is temporarily closed as we have to move for a renovation of the building. Read more about our plans.
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Prof. Angela Y. Davis visited The Black Archives!

Prof. Angela Y. Davis and  prof Gina Dent visited The Black Archives The Black Archives on May 17th. Prof. Davis said that our exhibition Black and Revolutionary about Hermina and Otto Huiswoud made her feel more at home in Amsterdam than she sometimes feels in the US and everyone should visit it. 

Prof. Angela Davis: "We also visited the newly open The Black Archives… Please visit, this important place!"
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The Archives

Currently our archives are not accessible for research due to archiving. However, you can still visit us our archives by booking a tour to still enjoy its history and capacity by contacting info@theblackarchives.nl. You can also visit and contribute to our Digital Archive.

Events

sThe Black Archives organizes monthly activities around themes from the archives with the aim to share knowledge and information from the books collections and other material. Discover below the upcoming activities at The Black Archives!

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LATEST BLOGS

The Black Archives on Tour 
​20 - 24 June 2017

Van 19 t/m 20 juni organiseren we sessies rondom de zwartepietendiscussie (20 juni) en de verborgen verhalen van zwart verzet en radicale zwarte denkers, met een lezing van Dr. Kehinde Andrews (Associate Professor Sociology, Birmingham University). Andre Reeder (filmmaker) en Ernestine Comvalius (directeur Bijlmerparktheater en theatermaker) behandelen Surinaamse emancipatiebewegingen zoals LOSON/SAWO. Het live archiveren van een omvangrijke schenking aan The Black Archives, een project van New Urban Collective, is onderdeel van de tentoonstelling.

Otto Huiswoud in art movie Cinema Olanda at Biënnale in Venice

Op 10 mei werd het Nederlandse Paviljoen geopend op de Biënnale van Venetië. Kunstenares Wendelien van Oldenborg en curator Lucy Cotter hebben met het project kunstproject Cinema Olanda "actief vergeten" verhalen, zoals het verhaal van Otto Huiswoud weer aan het licht gebracht. Voor de film is materiaal uit the Black Archives gebruikt.

Black Intellectual Gathering with dr. Kehinde Andrews on the Black Studies Movement in the UK

This talk will discuss the importance of developing a critical Black Studies and the tensions of housing the degree and research in the university space. Black Studies is essential, but can it flourish in the institutionally racist space of the university? The talk will also consider the prospects for Black Studies emerging across Europe.

Screening + Panel "I Am Not Your Negro" by James Baldwin - June 2nd​

On Friday the 2nd of June 2017, New Urban Collective, Humanity in Action, NinSee and “Vereniging Ons Suriname” will organize a screening and panel discuss  of the new documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” about James Baldwin and the Civil Rights Movement. 

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