>>> KIMBERLY ANNECE HENDERSON is an author and curator based in New York City, but a proud native of North Carolina. Her work centers genealogy (Black American lineages) and archival practices. In 2020, she created the popular Instagram project, @emalineandthem that highlights archival photography of everyday ancestors from the late 1800s and early 1900s. She also curated the photography featured in the New York Times' 1619 Project Book (2021). Henderson’s work has been seen in many exhibitions, digital humanities projects, and her debut picture book entitled, Dear Yesteryear.

She earned a Master's in Library + Information Sciences from Syracuse University, and currently serves as the Digital Curator for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

“I’ve spent years researching my family history and what I’ve found thus far is awe inspiring. My mother’s ancestors fought in the American Revolutionary War, while my father’s were enslaved on plantations in the South Carolina.

“I’ve spent years researching my family history and what I’ve found thus far is awe inspiring. My mother’s ancestors fought in the American Revolutionary War, while my father’s were enslaved on plantations in the South Carolina.

It’s this kind of poetry that informs my archival practice, if not my very existence.”

— Kimberly Annece Henderson