It’s Black History Month, and we’re grateful to see a Berkshires-based effort to preserve and highlight this critical pillar of American history that has too often been overlooked. “Quilting Our
Oral history interviews are sometimes “the only lasting artifact that we have of a person’s life,” Frances Jones-Sneed says. A new collaborative will provide a formal home for Black oral
Three Berkshire County institutions are joining forces for a new oral history project to preserve the stories of the region’s African American community.
"Ain t I A Woman", which streams free courtesy of the Barrington Stage Company on Thursday, gives the unsung African-American educators, activists, and artists their moment at the center stage of
Frances Jones-Sneed, professor emerita, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, will present an online talk, "Elizabeth Mum Bett Freeman: From Slavery to Freedom," for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire