OBSIDIAN COLLECTION IN THE HEADLINES
Obsidian Wants To Be The ‘Getty Images’ of Black Archives With An NFT Twist
ArtNews.com, June 23, 2022
How the Obsidian Collection Is Bringing Black History Into the Metaverse
Vogue, June 16, 2022
Obsidian Collection Offers Newly Minted NFTs
The Weekly Citizen, February 15, 2022
Forbes 50 Over 50 Vision: Angela Ford
Forbes, August 16, 2021
Pre-Development Fund: Obsidian Collection Archives
The Chicago Community Trust, July 19, 2021
Obsidian Collection buys Lu Palmer Mansion at $1.25 million, now needs zoning change
Chicago Sun-Times, May 6, 2021
In Bronzeville, A Push To Preserve Historic Lu Palmer Mansion — And Chicago’s Black Media Legacy
Block Club Chicago, March 3, 2021
1972 Black National Political Convention maintains legacy today
WGN Chicago, February 22, 2021
Reporters of Color are Declaring Independence
Washington Monthly, November/December 2020
Part one: A brief history of Black-owned news media
The Idea, Atlantic Magazine, June 8, 2020
Before the lottery went legit, Policy bets reigned supreme
WGN Chicago, February 6, 2020
Photographs Help Preserve Chicago’s African American History
CBS 2 Chicago, October 13, 2019
A Tale Of Two Black Communities: New York City’s Harlem and Chicago’s Bronzeville.
CBS 2 Chicago, October 12, 2019
Digitizing Black Narratives at DuSable Museum
NABJ Chicago Chapter, September 15, 2019
The Chicago Defender... hits newstands for the last time
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, July 10, 2019
The Chicago Defender, Legendary Black Newspaper Prints Last Copy
The New York Times, July 9, 2019
Report Outlines State of Black Press
Nonprofit Quarterly, March 6, 2019
Hear's the State of African American Media Today
Neiman Lab, March 1, 2019
New Report: An Importance of an Independent Black Media Presence
The Democracy Fund, February 28, 2019
The Obsidian Collection: A Chicagoan's Mission to Preserve Black Historic Images
Chicago Sun-Times, February 26, 2019
Black People need to "monetize" our culture.
Black America Web, August 8, 2018
Chicago Nonprofit Lifts Up History of Black Media
Nonprofit Quarterly, June 12, 2018
The Archives of Historic Black Newspapers Are Going Digital
Smithsonian, June 11, 2018
Obsidian Collection Archives is digitizing the rich legacy of the black press
Mic, June 8, 2018
The Lost Newspaper Archives of Black Chicago Are Now at Your Fingertips
Atlas Obscura, June 7, 2018
Nonprofit Teams Up With Google To Share Historical Black Newspapers’ Archives
WBEZ, June 6, 2018
Essence, June 5, 2018
This Black Newspaper Archive Is Bringing All Of Its Records On Black History Online For Free
BLAVITY, June 4, 2018
Milwaukee Community Journal, June 4, 2018
How the Obsidian Collection Is Bringing Black Newspapers to Google
Chicago Magazine, June 4, 2018
New Project To Digitize Historic Black Newspapers For Posterity
Your Black World, June 6, 2018
This nonprofit has teamed with Google to digitize historically Black newspapers
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, June 6, 2018
W S Tale, June 5, 2018
The Obsidian Collection, an African-American Newspaper Archive, to Put Its Records Online For Free
Black News Zone, June 4, 2018
Digitization Projects: “How the Obsidian Collection is Bringing Black Newspapers to Google”
Info Docket, June 8, 2018