preservation projects
preserving BLACK INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Clark Atlanta University's W. E. B. Du Bois Legacy Project
Georgia State University's Professor Asa G. Hilliard III AUC Library Donation
Georgia State University's Professor Asa G. Hilliard III AUC Library Donation
2013: The Du Bois Legacy Project was initiated and organized when I was, chair of the Department of African American Studies, Africana Women's Studies and History (AWH), with the support of CAU President Carlton E. Brown and the participation of a broad-based coalition of Clark Atlanta University students, staff, administrators, and faculty.
THE PROJECT INCLUDED
- 2012 Year-Long Seminars
- 2013 Conference & Bust
- 2014 Phylon Journal
- 2015 Sonia Sanchez Peace Benches
- 2016 Afrofuturism Panel
Georgia State University's Professor Asa G. Hilliard III AUC Library Donation
Georgia State University's Professor Asa G. Hilliard III AUC Library Donation
Georgia State University's Professor Asa G. Hilliard III AUC Library Donation
2024: I had the honor of facilitating Georgia State University's Fuller E. Callaway Professor Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III's private library donation to the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library.
With guidance of the Hilliard family, Dr. Melissa Speight-Vaughn and I cataloged and assessed the entire collection of 5,154 books for donation--to accompany Dr. Hilliard's papers at AUC.
Formal announcements will be forthcoming in 2025 about the collection dedication event. The Hilliard library is a breathtaking (and life-giving) living archive of Black history, politics, education, religion, and culture.
Spelman College's Beverly Guy-Sheftall Words of Fire Fellowship
Georgia State University's Professor Asa G. Hilliard III AUC Library Donation
Spelman College's Beverly Guy-Sheftall Words of Fire Fellowship
2024: I spent one week at the Spelman College Women's Research & Resource Center beginning discussions about how to honor Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall's career-long commitment to the Center and to the Institution. Three parts to my WORDS OF FIRE FELLOWSHIP: 1) sitting in the Spelman archives, perusing Sage journals, Messenger, and other documents; 2) in discussion with WRRC/Spelman Archive faculty, staff, and students; 3) in conversation with THE BGS herself! The discussion with Professor Guy-Sheftall was recorded and will be available soon along with details about the planned Spring 2025 celebration of her BLACK! FEMINIST! FREE! book release.