<div><strong>A 30-Year Journey to Protect Black History - and Our Future</strong>
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<div>Hi, my name is Ken Granderson, and I’ve been building technology to tell our stories for nearly 30 years.
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<div>Back in 1995, ten years after graduating from MIT, I had an idea:
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<div>What if Black history could be used to introduce our children to the power of computers?
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<div>So I created a multimedia CD-ROM based on a book about Boston’s Black history - one of the first projects of its kind in the world. My dream was to get it into Boston’s public schools.
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<div>But there was a problem: the schools in Boston’s Black neighborhoods didn’t have CD-ROM drives.
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<div>So the idea never made it into the classroom.
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<div>I didn’t give up.
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<div>Two years later, I launched BlackFacts , the world’s first Black History search engine - a website built by Black technologists, to show our community that the internet wasn’t just for others. It was for us.
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<div>Over the decades, we expanded the BlackFacts platform that now includes:
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<div>Over 1.5 million articles and videos on Black American, Afro-Latino, Caribbean, Native American and Asian American histories and notable figures
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<div>AI tools that help teachers in 14 states teach this history from their smart boards down to their smart phones
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<div>A living archive that centers voices too often erased
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<div>Now, we’re taking the next step.
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<div><strong>Introducing BlackFacts for Families</strong>
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<div>Imagine a platform like Netflix or Spotify - but for YOUR cultural history.
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<div>Where families can:
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<li>Watch short videos on ethnic heroes, historical events, and significant cultural moments
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<li>Build and share custom playlists for homeschooling or family learning
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<li>Create their own community-curated channels
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<li>Preserve and pass down their own stories
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<div>This is about empowering families to become the authors of their own history.
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<div>To teach our truth - in our own words - using technology that we created and we control – immune to corporate or governmental meddling or suppression.
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<div><strong>Why We Need Your Help</strong>
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<div>We are launching this campaign to raise $50,000 in the next 3 months.
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<div>The funds will help us:
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<li>Finish building the BlackFacts for Families platform
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<li>Support our content creators and AI tools
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<li>Keep our systems running and our services up to date
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<li>Provide FREE subscriptions to families unable to afford the platform
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<li>Maintain our full independence - no government or corporate influence
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<div>We are proudly supported by our nonprofit arm, the <strong>BlackFacts Educational Foundation</strong>, and your donations will be 100% tax-deductible.
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<div><strong>How You Can Help</strong>
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<div>Donate – every gift helps. At certain levels, you’ll be sponsoring family subscriptions or even lifetime access for families unable to afford the platform.
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<div>Share – post this campaign in your networks and help us reach more communities.
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<div>Join the Movement – we’ll be spotlighting donors and future content creators on BlackFacts.com.
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<div>At BlackFacts.com:
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<div><em>“We are on a mission from our ancestors,</em>
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<div><em>To protect the Future of Black History,</em>
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<div><em>By using technologies</em>
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<div><em>That WE Created, Control and OWN.”</em>
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<div>Thank you for helping us continue what we started 30 years ago, as we make Black History together.
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