Initiative that seeks to improve Wikipedia's coverage of black history and culture
AfroCrowd
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Formation
2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Founder
Alice Backer
Website
afrocrowd.org
AfroCrowd (stylized as AfroCROWD) is an initiative to create and improve information about Black culture and history on Wikipedia. The New York City-based project was founded by Alice Backer in 2015.[1][2]
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