To welcome dr. Rita roberts, who is a professor of history. History and biography all the way in california. She teaches courses on the history of 16th through 21st century African American history, black intellectuals with the politics of race and the modern civil rights movement. She holds a masters degree and phd from the history of california berkeley. This evening, she will discussing her book. It is on the screen here. I cant wait to call you my wife. African american letters of love. This book illuminates the struggles of African Americans who spent the civil war trying to hold their families together, family members extreme. Despite harsh laws against literacy and legal practices, this work explores how African Americans found ways against all odds. Thank you. I am so delighted to be here. This is one of my favorite research places. I want to thank olivia who has been so instrumental in coordinating all of this and heather rockwood. I dont know if you have had met heather yet b
Enthusiasm for the park Service Partnership with the association for the study of africanAmerican Life in history. The park Service Needs this collaboration as we reach to collaborations and sharing those stories with a wide audience and innovative as you already know or will discover, the National Park service is a good partner. Our civil rights initiative, begun this year, offers opportunities for collaboration, and in fact, the park service fans to create opportunities to services interpret africanamerican stories associated with parks. The skills as researchers and historiography and teachers, our skills can help us do our jobs better. Earlier this year, the national 5. 5 service funded almost million. Midwesteagues in the region have planned an ambitious study that poses a big question. Its a pretty big question. They want to understand how the history of Outdoor Recreation related to the creation of an africanamerican middleclass, relationshipcan with nature and the evolution of
She was mother to one of the stars of African-American art, but she also nurtured an entire generation of artists and civil rights advocates. Now her legacy is finally coming into focus.