As we look back over a tumultuous year now past, a show that continues to percolate in our minds is Sadie Barnette’s Dear 1968, Love 1984, which visited Haverford’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery in the fall. Drawn largely from the FBI file of Barnette’s father, who was a leader in the L.A. Black Panther party, Dear 1968… uses the archival evidence of state surveillance to explore intimacy and everyday life in black America. Here Imani Roach shares part of a conversation she had with the artist during the opening festivities, and reflects on themes from the show which feel particularly resonant this holiday season.