

Memorializer Extraordinaire
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@Historian_AR
I memorialize the memorializers who memorialize African American Women.





I am excited to be attending my first @ncph conference! Please check out our panel @curator_tw “State of the Field: Black Women’s Public History” on Saturday at 1:30pm. #NCPH2023 #ncph #publichistory



A new book about Phillis Wheatley — long celebrated as the first African American to publish a book of poetry — puts her in the middle of current raging debates about slavery and the American Revolution. nyti.ms/3mm7X6o


*NEXT WEEK* Join Wanda A. Hendricks (@UofSCHistory) Deborah Gray White (@WGSSRutgersU; @RUHistoryDept) + @GilmoreGlenda to celebrate the release of Hendricks's new book THE LIFE OF MADIE HALL XUMA on Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 3pm CDT/4pm EDT. ⭐Register here: bit.ly/XumaEvent


Thanks to the archivists at @IndianaHistory and @archivalagents and so many others Incl research by @historicindiana @mullins_paul and others And funding from @INHumanities and @iahiindy And in honor of Wilma Gibbs Moore and the work of @YWCAUSA

Join Wanda A. Hendricks (@UofSCHistory) Deborah Gray White (@WGSSRutgersU; @RUHistoryDept) and @GilmoreGlenda to celebrate the release of Hendricks's new book THE LIFE OF MADIE HALL XUMA on Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 3pm CDT/4pm EDT. ⭐Register here: bit.ly/XumaEvent



















I am thrilled to announce the publication of “‘In Them She Built Monuments’: Celia Dial Saxon & American Memory.” It is my first publication and the first scholarly article that chronicles Saxon’s life and legacy. Thanks to @JAAHistory and all who have helped along the way!