Keywords for Black Louisiana, a collective of researchers committed to researching, teaching, and stewarding the history of enslaved and free people of African descent of the Gulf Coast and African diaspora broadly, hosted its fourth Black History in Louisiana summer workshop. This year felt special and important—like an affirmation against enclosure, against fascism, against empire. This summer also marked the next step in the work of this project as we continue to share the site with the world. Last year, we launched the public beta of our documents (docs.k4bl.org) and story sites (stories.k4bl.org). With a live public beta, we knew this year we would need to focus on bringing the project to the people. Luckily, we already had the infrastructure for this work, thanks to our long-standing relationship with Xavier University in Louisiana (XULA).
