Griffin Blvd Archives is a homeplacekeeping, rural movement building network supporting cultural sustainability in South Central Virginia: Farmville and the counties of Buckingham, Cumberland, and Prince Edward — the northern edge of the U.S. South’s Black Belt region.

Collaborative work to date has included:


“I want to speak about the importance of homeplace in the midst of oppression and domination, of homeplace as a site of resistance and liberation struggle.”

bell hooks


Advisors

Niya Bates
Andrew M. Davenport
Hannah Scruggs
Jordy Yager

Griffin Blvd Archives is also grateful for current and past University of Virginia support from The Memory Project at the Karsh Institute of Democracy, The Center for Cultural Landscapes, The Institute for Public History, and PLACE (Program in Law, Communities and the Environment) at UVA Law.