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tagline: a decentralized archive of Black queer Kansas City history
# description appears in meta tags and other locations
# this description might appear in search result lists, keep around 160 characters max
description: "This is the official database for {B/qKC}: an archival project challenging institutional archival practices within the frame and study of midwestern Black queer history."
description: "This is the official database for {B/qKC}: a community archival project challenging institutional practices within the framework and study of midwestern Black queer history."
# keywords, a short list of subjects describing the collection, separated by semicolon, to appear in rich markup
keywords: kansas city; history; queer; black
# creator of the digital collection, to appear in meta tags; we typically use our GitHub usernames but feel free to just use your name

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# **{B/qKC}** is a *decentralized* archival project challenging institutional practices within the frame and study of Black queer history.
# **{B/qKC}** is a *decentralized* community archival project challenging institutional practices within the framework and study of midwestern Black queer history.
Under a reinvigorated wave of white nationalism and fascism post-2016, our historical record continues to be warped, distorted, and erased.
Under a reinvigorated wave of white nationalism and fascism post-2016, our historical record continues to erode.
In the United States, our treasured mementos, amassed by institutional libraries, archives and universities, are effectively being <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321003/pentagon-images-flagged-removal-dei-purge-trump" target="blank">deleted.</a>
In the United States, our memorabilia, amassed by institutional libraries, archives and universities, is effectively being <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321003/pentagon-images-flagged-removal-dei-purge-trump" target="blank">deleted.</a>
And across the world, in Palestine, <a href="https://librarianswithpalestine.org/gaza-report-2024/" target="blank">museums, archives, and libraries have been bombed by the IDF</a>–as a result, destroying many significant historic materials important to our World's historical record.
And across the world, <a href="https://librarianswithpalestine.org/gaza-report-2024/" target="blank">museums, archives, and libraries are bombed</a>–destroying many materials important to our World's history.
There is a damning need to be stewards of our own histories, protecting them under our rightful care. The ways we decide to document and collect our histories can no longer be done passively or uncritically.
There is a pressing need for oppressed peoples to become stewards of our own histories, protecting them under our rightful care. We can no longer afford to be passive or uncritical in our historical record-keeping.
Memory work must be an *active* process.
{B/qKC} was founded as an official community archive on March 1st, 2024, operating on the principles of accessible *storytelling*, *repair* of our historical record, and intergenerational *power building*–all within the frame and study of midwestern Black queer history.
{B/qKC} was founded as a community-led archive on March 1st, 2024, operating on the principles of accessible *storytelling*, *repair* of our historical record, and intergenerational *power building*–all within the framework and study of Midwestern Black queer history.
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