History Communications

History Communications for narratives and interpretations of historic sites that use grammar and language that tell a fuller story for racial equity and healing. This service and research is known as “(un)Redact the Facts” on social media.

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In June of 2020, kennedy began her advocacy for racially equitable communications with a comment to this Instagram post. To read it, click on the button below and read the comment from her Instagram account, “@iamkennedyw”.

#tdih 1959 Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop were close-knit Mexican American communities, founded in 1840s, that were destroyed to make way for Dodger Stadium.
Longtime residents displaced from homes/community & given no compensation. #teachoutsidetextbook https://t.co/jSJkC9hslP
— Zinn Ed Project (@ZinnEdProject) May 8, 2021

The reach of the racially equitable communications includes Twitter and has evolved to a series called #unRedacTheFactsFriday.

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For the first #unRedacTheFactsFriday of 2023, let's take a look at the use of "enslaved people" in a @washingtonpost article published on Jan. 17, 2023. https://t.co/p3J9266Wv0
— unRedact The Facts (@unRedacTheFacts) January 20, 2023

Here’s the first #unRedacTheFactsFriday for 2023.

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Through unRedact the Facts, wrkSHap | kiloWatt gave free, online racial equity audits for Instagram content.

Thank you Daniel Smith.

Curious about the use of "enslaved people/American" in this article. It's an improvement on "slaves". Since it's a given who slaves were, why not, "enslaved Black people" or "enslaved Africans"?

For #unRedacTheFactsFriday let's explore "enslaved people" https://t.co/f8h62F3Pos
— unRedact The Facts (@unRedacTheFacts) October 21, 2022

Here’s the first #unRedacTheFactsFriday on “enslaved people”.

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One of the earliest Instagram audits from December 2020, on the use of a euphemism for “White people” in a historical narrative about slavery.

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I am encouraged this Friday. Great to see that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (@RWJF) updated their equality/equity bicycle visual and how the change came about.

For #unRedacTheFactsFriday, a bit of inspiration for the unRedacting the facts in historical narratives🧵 https://t.co/kT1kAAGMZw
— unRedact The Facts (@unRedacTheFacts) December 16, 2022

An #unRedacTheFactsFriday in December 2022 that highlighted the Encouraging change in communications by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

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1 - NonProfit AF's Original Blog Article
2 - (un)Redact the Facts/wrkSHäp kiloWatt's Feedback to the Passive Voice
3 - (un)Redact the Facts/wrkSHäp kiloWatt's Feedback to the Passive Voice (con't)
4 - NonProfit AF's Blog Article on the Tulsa Masacre
5 - Vu Le's Support of the Feedback and Encouraging Others to follow (un)Redact the Facts on Twitter