Abbott Elementary tackles "difficult" history in Season 3, Episode 6, titled "Willard R. Abbott". This episode’s writer (Ava Coleman) did an excellent job portraying a way to deal with problematic legacies, the importance (or lack thereof) of designation and plaques, rifling through layers of history + finding gems, and remembering that ultimately, people are what makes places important.
some other digital goodies:
What If? Zine #2 is the second in a series exploring new design ideas and spatial relationships through an intersectional lens. This particular zine focuses on defining texture. It discusses texture in the following ways:
The texture of places
opposing textures and as black folks, expanding our feelings of belonging
hair texture and respectability politics
What If? Zine #1 is the first in a series exploring new design ideas and spatial relationships through an intersectional lens. This zine features early drawings of a conceptual evolution of the shotgun house. These drawings and writings inspired further explorations via the Vernacular Project (now Constellation, an up-and-coming series).
Winner: A+D Museum Design Awards 2020, On the Desk Category
This book of poetry is about acknowledging where you came from, accepting the inherited strengths and flaws, and finding a way to use that unique set of traits and lineage to forge a path forward. This book is for the black folks, the queerdos, the ones trying to make peace with childhood traumas, those looking for love, and those trying to make magic in a broken world.
Buy a physical copy on Amazon here.