Digital collage depicting Zachary Herrmann's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to his graduate coursework and internships in archives.

Selfie of Katy Allred wearing a cloth face mask in front of archival boxes while working at University of Houston Special Collections.

This article looks at different eras where African American voices and bodies were uplifted through the arts, publishing, and archives using technology as its platform for communication during calamity in the United States and why it is important that this tradition continues during COVID-19 and in the new decade. The intent of this article is to make those who are unaware aware of the use of digital technologies in the 20th century from an African American perspective through publishing and archiving, as well as community art spaces.

Photograph of a plush mouse, Eugene the Motormouse, mascot of the Interurban Railway Museum, wearing a face mask.

Video montage created by Katy Allred featuring one-second video clips from each day of 2020. Clips feature Allred's day to day life including her pets, work in retail and in libraries and archives, hobbies, and time at home with her wife and friends.

Audio interview conducted by Alexis Castillo with Kerry Stanhope, the Assistant Director of the Meadows Center for Health Resources at the University of North Texas. Stanhope discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on his work and the resources provided to students through the Meadows Center as well as UNT's response to and student experiences of the pandemic.