PLEASE CIRCULATE: We invite you to a symposium on March 21 and 22, 2024, celebrating the path-breaking work and career of Rutgers University's Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Deborah Gray White! RSVP HERE: https://t.co/rrIy7tXn6p
PBS has made a documentary about my forthcoming book on African Americans & graduate education during era of legal segregation. Full film will debut later Check out episode 1 of the digital series
https://t.co/Av0buHDD7p #BlackEducation#HBCU#FredGray#segregationscholarships
I’m dedicating this whole 🧵 to @fvgphd & @Winhistory24 for speaking with my “civil rights” students and helping to inspire these projects this semester!!
For your calendars! The 8th Annual Fleming-Morrow Distinguished Lecture is next Thursday, Mar 2nd! @BlkNunHistorian is back to Knoxville to tell us all about 'America's Real Sister Act: The Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States'
Please join @UTBakerCenter @utkhistory & Department of Africana Studies for an evening w/ Dr. @RussWigginton Russ Wigginton, president of the @NCRMuseum . See details below for the Webcast Link. The CRM in Tennessee carries an important legacy. https://t.co/LfGwib28xH
Spread the word and learn more about our amazing SUMMER BRIDGE program - on Feb 22nd, 2:30pm, @sararitchey1 @Winhistory24 and Shaina Destine of @UTKLibraries will host an information session on Zoom to answer all questions!
Register here: https://t.co/StMLOjqJPE
I’m being reminded today of how important it is to go back over one’s previously gathered research. A lot of which never gets a second look when moving on to new research projects. That material can still be used to answer new questions.
Paperbacks are in! Get you one! It’s part of @KentuckyPress' series “Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century,” which has an impressive list w/ series editors Dra. Cynthia
Griggs Fleming, Steven F. Lawson, and @HasanKwameJeffries.
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I’m excited about the forthcoming paperback release of my book JOHN HERVEY WHEELER, BLACK BANKING, AND THE ECONOMIC STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS! @KentuckyPress. Now available for preorder w/ August 3, 2022 release date.