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Netherlands. Where we think we have a self-interest in African American history, it's pleasing to me that folks in Russia and Mexico want to know the story. That is what drives me to continue on with this important work of unraveling the history of the African American people."
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Since the website's inception, all content has been reviewed for accuracy and relevance by Taylor and a team of copyeditors prior to publication. Taylor said in a 2008 interview, "The site is the biggest thing I've ever done as far as its reach and impact," adding: "I've received e-mails from China,
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Washington. Board members at time of formation were George Tamblyn, Jamila Taylor and Quintard Taylor. On March 28, 2008, with a staff of 10, BlackPast.org was officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Also that year, the organization
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each agreed to provide $ 10,000 for website expansion. The seed money was used to hire Grip Media of
Portland, Oregon, to design a professional web presence for BlackPast.org. That year, the number of visits received by the site exceeded 150,000, and it recorded 4.4 million hits.
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African-American and global African history. Those links include all of the major
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African ancestry around the
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list, "an annual list of books, websites, and electronic resources selected by a committee of librarians for their usefulness in branch reference collections." The following year, BlackPast.org was selected by the
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in the United States as well as the most significant newspapers and magazines in Africa and leading periodicals devoted to people of
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