Association for the Study of African American Life and History: Black History Month Virtual Festival

This panel brings together public historians and information and cultural heritage professionals to explore the ways they have preserved records, spaces, and places of Black Resistance movements in the U.S. as a way to resist marginalization and erasure and to center Black experiences. Attendees will learn about specific projects, strategies, challenges, and accomplishments these professionals have undertaken and participated.

• Omar Eaton Martinez -Senior Vice President, Historic Sites, National Trust for Historic Preservation

• Felicia Bell – Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, formerly at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum
• Cheylon Woods – Archivist and Head of the Ernest J. Gaines Center, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Nathaniel Moore – Co-Director and Lead Archivist, Freedom Archives

Saturday February 19 — 5:00 to 6:15 pm (EST) / 2:00 to 3:15 (PST)

Watch the session on ASALH TV: https://www.youtube.com/c/ASALHTV