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The Digital Helen Keller Archive: A Powerful Educational Tool

Helen Selsdon on August 12, 2020August 11, 2020

Supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Foundation for the Blind began digitizing the largest collection of materials by and about Helen Keller. Archivist Helen Selsdon shares how the AFB has pioneered the most accessible archive currently available for educators and scholars. Continue Reading The Digital Helen Keller Archive: A Powerful Educational Tool

“Wash your Hands, Officer X”[1]

Aparna Nair on June 17, 2020August 21, 2023

The story of Isaac Woodward Jr., a war veteran blinded from a police beating, became a visible symbol of the fruits of racial injustice and underlined that even WWII veterans were not immune to the violence simmering beneath the surface in postwar American society. Continue Reading “Wash your Hands, Officer X”[1]