Typed journal entries written by Hannah Hatch after learning that her roommate tested positive for COVID-19. The entries cover two days in which Hatch learns that her roommate has tested positive, gets tested for COVID-19 herself, and chooses to quarantine at her parents' home.

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.