The Digital PV Panther Project

10/11/2026

Step into the rich tapestry of African American heritage with the latest issue 43:2 of 'The Griot.' This edition of the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc. journal contains six essays that explore how education advances Black students’ opportunities while confronting inequity in schools and universities. The first article examines AI and micro-credentials at HBCUs, while others focus on inclusive literature teaching, Southern education policy, Harry Potter as a lens on education, and how Black faculty navigate barriers at predominantly white institutions. Together, they invite readers to consider how educators and institutions can protect educational access, academic freedom, and student and faculty well-being.

This special issue is coming out this weekend!

10/08/2026

🔥 Exciting news! Tomorrow, Dr. Moore and Zha'Mauri Howard from the WDPL will take the stage at the East Texas Historical Association's Annual Conference. Join us for a compelling discussion on "The State of History in Texas" and the rise of new statewide organizations aimed at challenging state-sponsored history programs. Don't miss out! 🌟

10/03/2026

1967 — A Black Church Confronts a Nation in Crisis
Bethlehem’s 1967 program appeared during one of the most turbulent moments in twentieth-century American history. Its trustees did not pretend the church existed outside that world.

They wrote about sweeping changes affecting “our schools, churches and communities,” alongside urban riots and a war that was “virtually tearing our homes to pieces.” Their response was not retreat. Homecoming was presented as an opportunity to rededicate the congregation to service—to their “fellowman, Community, Church and Nation.”

That language makes the program more than a record of worship. It captures how a Black congregation in rural Texas interpreted the upheavals of the late 1960s in real time.

Homecoming, in other words, was never only about looking backward. It was also a place to decide what the church should do next.

09/28/2026

You don’t need to know if your materials are “historically important.” You don’t need to organize them. And completing the survey doesn’t mean donating anything.
Just tell us what you have.
🔗 https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/0af3cbe5baff4a5fa1e105ff74278f4f

09/27/2026

Loretta Sanchez and her mother, Geneva Moore, during the initial assessment of the BUMC Collection in summer 2026 [Photo by T. DeWayne Moore 2026]

09/26/2026

If you are a PVAMU alumnus, former employee, Waller County resident, Bethlehem member or a descendant, local church member, or keeper of a family collection,

PLEASE look again at the boxes in your closet…the photographs in your albums…the programs inside old Bibles…the VHS tapes, letters…funeral programs, scrapbooks…

ANY documents that someone once decided were worth saving!

They may contain the missing name. The missing photograph. The missing chapter!

In 1978, Bethlehem’s own Homecoming Committee asked people with records and documents to share them so the church could “fill in all the missing periods.”

Nearly fifty years later, the invitation remains open.

Help the Woolfolk Digital Preservation Lab prevent the erasure of African American history. Help us preserve the evidence that says: we were here, we built this, we served, we remembered—and we left something for those who came next.

The Woolfolk Digital Preservation Lab and Bethlehem United Methodist Church are now carrying this work into a new generation. But no laboratory can preserve what it never receives. If you are a PVAMU alumnus, former employee, Waller County resident, Bethlehem member or descendant, local church membe...

09/26/2026

If you are a PVAMU alumnus, former employee, Waller County resident, Bethlehem member or a descendant, local church member, or keeper of a family collection,

PLEASE look again at the boxes in your closet…the photographs in your albums…the programs inside old Bibles…the VHS tapes, letters…funeral programs, scrapbooks…

ANY documents that someone once decided were worth saving!

They may contain the missing name. The missing photograph. The missing chapter!

In 1978, Bethlehem’s own Homecoming Committee asked people with records and documents to share them so the church could “fill in all the missing periods.”

Nearly fifty years later, the invitation remains open.

Help the Woolfolk Digital Preservation Lab prevent the erasure of African American history. Help us preserve the evidence that says: we were here, we built this, we served, we remembered—and we left something for those who came next.

https://pvpantherproject.com/2026/09/help-us-find-the-missing-pieces/

https://arcg.is/OSbu92

If you are a PVAMU alumnus, former employee, Waller County resident, Bethlehem member or descendant, local church member, or keeper of a family collection, look again at the boxes in your closet, the photographs in your albums, the programs inside old Bibles, the VHS tapes, newsletters, letters, fun...

09/26/2026

If you are a PVAMU alumnus, former employee, Waller County resident, Bethlehem member or a descendant, local church member, or keeper of a family collection,

PLEASE look again at the boxes in your closet…the photographs in your albums…the programs inside old Bibles…the VHS tapes, letters…funeral programs, scrapbooks…

ANY documents that someone once decided were worth saving!

They may contain the missing name. The missing photograph. The missing chapter!

In 1978, Bethlehem’s own Homecoming Committee asked people with records and documents to share them so the church could “fill in all the missing periods.”

Nearly fifty years later, the invitation remains open.

Help the Woolfolk Digital Preservation Lab prevent the erasure of African American history. Help us preserve the evidence that says: we were here, we built this, we served, we remembered—and we left something for those who came next.

https://pvpantherproject.com/2026/09/help-us-find-the-missing-pieces/

https://arcg.is/OSbu92

The Woolfolk Digital Preservation Lab and Bethlehem United Methodist Church are now carrying this work into a new generation. But no laboratory can preserve what it never receives. If you are a PVAMU alumnus, former employee, Waller County resident, Bethlehem member or descendant, local church membe...