Photograph of Adriance Rhoades during the Caught Red Handed: True Crime in the Archives hosted by UNT Special Collections, talking about the Darlie Routier case with footage from our NBC 5/KXAS Television News Collection. May 7, 2021.

Photograph of Meagan May during the Caught Red Handed: True Crime in the Archives hosted by UNT Special Collections, talking about serial killer Charles Frederick Albright aka The Eyeball Killer with footage from our NBC 5/KXAS Television News Collection. May 14, 2021.

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.