Vanessa Holden and Shea Brown
Recorded
March 29, 2025
39:52 minutes
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mbb000503
Description
Colleagues Dr. Vanessa Holden (42) and Pastor Shea Brown (46) speak about the Digital Access Project of Kentucky (DAP) in Lexington and its findings.Subject Log / Time Code
Dr. Vanessa Holden and Pastor Shea Brown talk about and define the Digital Access Project of Kentucky (DAP), a county record digitization project.
Dr. Holden and Pastor Brown discuss the significance of this project. Both talk about Kentucky's detailed document repository that they're working on.
Both discuss bringing Kentucky history to the public and its impact.
Dr. Holden and Pastor Brown share how they came to work on this project together and describe each other as colleagues.
Both talk about the role of Lexington in United States History and the role of slavery in the work, especially how it is represented through the term of "property."
Both continue to speak about slavery and slaves as property, investments, and capital as reflected in Kentucky history.
Both talk about the dehumanization of slaves in records and how they handle these sensitive documents.
Dr. Holden shares what makes DAP "game-changing" and the history of Black women as keepers of history.
Pastor Brown shares why they think they work well with Dr. Holden.
Dr. Holden and Pastor Brown share their progress and support.
Participants
- Vanessa Holden
- Shea Brown