Archives

We create ARCHIVES to coalesce and preserve cultural assets, educational initiatives, and resources, while offering open source curricula and archiving tools to educators and youth in the U.S. and around the world.

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    • Alliance of Hip-Hop Archives and Collections

    Since 2012, Hip-Hop Education Center in collaboration with Cornell University’s Hip Hop Collection, The Schomburg Center, and NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program, have hosted two Documenting History in Your Own Backyard Symposiums to bring together institutions that collect and preserve Hip-Hop, collectors, archivists,…

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    • Community Archives

    The Community Archives is a repository of collections donated by the community to document memories and social history. The Community Archives was established in partnership with Urban Teacher’s Network and Hip Hop Congress. Tell us your hiphop story

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    • Empowering Women & Girls – The Fresh, Bold, and So Def Initiative

    The Fresh, Bold, and So Def Women’s Initiative (FBSD), led by the Hip-Hop Education Center is an intergenerational, international Hip-Hop feminist movement that honors, empowers, and preserves the contributions and achievements of women and girls in Hip-Hop. It’s a one of its kind collective with…

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    • Building A Database of Hip-Hop Education Resources & History

    This is the archival database of Hip-Hop History from which students, teachers or a curious public can draw information and contribute their own testimony. Our goal is to provide the community with the tools to access HHEC digital archives and physical collections to preserve the…