Hello Everyone,
Over the last 12 years, our website has been a leading resource for discovering a rich history of African American film and culture through digital preservation. In 2008, we started out as Blaxploitation Pride, in which we concentrated our efforts on preserving movies and soundtracks from the 1970s.
In 2012, we extended our research and preservation efforts to include all of Black Cinema from around the world. This resulted in changing our name from Blaxploitation Pride to the Department of Afro American Research, Arts, and Culture (DAARAC) in 2016.
In April 2019, DAARAC was incorporated as an official nonprofit organization. Now, as of February 11th, 2020, we are pleased to announce that DAARAC is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. This is a monumental achievement for us to continue our efforts to research and preserve a history of Black culture with continued community support.
Everyone needs to know about some significant changes that are about to happen.
- The domain name of this current blog page will be changing from daarac.org to daaracarchive.org.
- That means we are allowed to receive tax-deductible gifts and donations under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 2055, 2106, or 2522.
We will keep everyone informed as we make changes. Thanks for all your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
Dr. James D. Spinks
President of DAARAC