THE WHITE HOUSE - March 29, 2022
Gave remarks at the Rose Garden ceremony where President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. See remarks (3 minutes)
Photo credit: LaTosha Brown
Presentation Topics
Ida B. Wells
- Life & Legacy
- Journalism as Activism, Examining Writing Techniques
- Similarities Between Wells & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
- Black Women in the Suffrage Movement & Beyond
- Protest of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, World's Fair
Researching, Documenting, Creating Historical Work
- Realities of Writing & Publishing
- How to Uplift Family, Community, & Institutional History
- Challenging Underrepresentation of Women in Public Artwork
Connecting Past to Present
- Juneteenth to Black Lives Matter
- 1919 "Red Summer" Race Riots to Continued Fight for Inclusion
SELECT PANELS & TALKS
Conversation about IDA B THE QUEEN at First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights, October 1, 2023 (59 mins)
Making Ida B. Wells (WBEZ podcast) with Paula Giddings and Caitlin Dickerson (34 mins), December 8, 2022
Black History and Family Legacies (113 mins) with A'Lelia Bundles and Kenneth B. Morris, moderated by Lionel Kimble - ASALH 2021 Convention
Black Women and the Suffrage Movement | 100 Years After Women's Suffrage
With Martha Jones, moderated by Debra Adams Simmons (59:10 mins)
National Geographic, August 10, 2020
American Writers Museum (59 mins) July 13, 2020
Celebrating Life and Radical Spirit of Ida B Wells (71:06 mins)
Interview with Nina Turner at Ida B's Table & The Real News Network (2018)
Overlooked: Ida B. Wells (54.38 mins) October 2018
with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Eve L. Ewing; moderated by Natalie Moore
Chicago Humanities Festival with The New York Times, Chicago, IL
Commemoration of the International Decade for People of African Descent with Dorothy Pitman-Hughes, Netsanet Tesfay, Esq, Lynn Rosenthal, and
Benjamin Crump, Esq - Black Women’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
United Nations, New York, NY
Daughters of Destiny: Living with History
with A'Lelia Bundles and Nettie Washington Douglass - Public Library, Flint, MI
Film Screening and Discussion: Ida B. Wells A Passion for Justice
with Paula Giddings, Shola Lynch, Louise Greaves, and Richard Hunt, moderated by Pamela Newkirk - New York University - Institute of African American Affairs, Center for Black Visual Culture
For the Freedom of Her Race: Remembering Black Women in the Fight for the Vote with Jane Rhodes, Lisa Materson, and Beverly Cook
Jane Addams Hull-House, Chicago, IL
Hull House Hell-raisers: Chicago’s Reformers at the Turn of the Last Century
with Julia Berkowitz and Stephanie Seawell
Women Build Nations Conference, Chicago, IL
The Life and Times of Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Social Justice Weekend, Rust College - Holly Springs, MS
with Dr. Gemma Beckley and Dr. Hilda B. Williams, moderated by Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Select List of Organizations
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Antioch College - Yellow Springs, OH
Benedictine University - Lisle, IL
Central State University - Wilberforce, OH
Cheyney University - Cheyney, PA
Chicago State University - Chicago, IL
Clark Atlanta University - Atlanta, GA
College of DuPage - Glen Ellyn, IL
Coppin State University - Baltimore, MD
Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH
DePaul University - Chicago, IL
Dominican University - River Forest, IL
Elmhurst University - Elmhurst, IL
Florida Gulf Coast University - Fort Myer's FL
Loyola University - Chicago, IL
Nassau Community College - Garden City, NY
Northeastern Illinois University - Chicago, IL
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
Oakland Community College - Royal Oak, MI
Oakland University - Auburn Hills, MI
Oakton Community College - Skokie, IL
Richland Community College - DeKalb, IL
Rust College - Holly Springs, MS
Simpson College - Indianola, IA
State University of New York - Old Westbury, NY
Texas Southern University - Houston, TX
The College of New Jersey - Ewing, NJ
Triton College - River Grove, NJ
University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL
University of Florida - Gainesville, FL
University of Illinois - Chicago, IL
Wilbur Wright College - Chicago, IL
YMCA of South Florida - Ft. Lauderdale & Miami
ORGANIZATIONS
Absolum Jones Center for Racial Healing - Atlanta, GA
Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society - Chicago, IL
Alachua County Office of Community Outreach - Gainesville, FL
Archival Education and Research Institute Conference - Tuscaloosa, AL
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Bellwood Public Library - Bellwood, IL
Black Women's Blueprint - New York, NY
Chicago Black Authors Network - Chicago, IL
Chicago Women in Trades - Chicago, IL
Chicago Women Take Action - Chicago, IL
Chicago Women's History Center - Chicago, IL
Des Plaines Public Library - Des Plaines, IL
Ethical Humanist Society - Skokie, IL
Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce - Chicago, IL
Ida B's Table - Baltimore, MD
League of Women Voters - Washington State
Learning Through an Expanded Arts Program (LEAP) - Bronx, NY
Mather's More Than a Cafe - Chicago, IL
Missouri Historical Society - St. Louis, MO
Morton Salt - Chicago, IL
Nashville Public Library - Nashville, TN
National Association of University Women
National Geographic - New York, NY
National Portrait Gallery - Washington, DC
National Women's History Museum - Alexandria, VA
New York Historical Society - New York, NY
Off-Campus Writers Workshop - Winnetka, IL
Seattle Public Library - Seattle, WA
Suffrage100MA - Boston, MA
The Wing - Chicago, IL
U. S. Embassy - Bogota, Colombia
Union League Club of Chicago
Well Read Brown Girl
Women of Dartmouth - Chicago, IL
Zurich Insurance - Schaumburg, IL
MUSEUMS
California Museum - Sacramento, CA
Chicago History Museum - Chicago, IL
Civil War Museum - Kenosha, WI
DuSable Museum - Chicago, IL
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum - Chicago, IL
National Archives Foundation - Washington, DC
National Public Housing Museum - Chicago, IL
Northwest African American Museum - Seattle, WA
Underground Railroad Museum - Cincinnati, OH
CHURCHES
Carey Tercentenary A.M.E. Church - Chicago, IL
Crerar Memorial Presbyterian Church - Chicago, IL
First Presbyterian Church - Chicago, IL
First United Methodist Church - Arlington Heights, IL
Grant Memorial A.M.E. Church - Chicago, IL
Greenwood Acres Baptist Church - Shreveport, LA
Second Presbyterian Church - Chicago, IL
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church - Chicago, IL