UNC board grants tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones amid outcry from Black faculty and students. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/us/unc-tenure-vote-nikole-hannah-jones/index.html The Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch was on the right side of history in advocating and supporting Dr. Nikole Hannah Jones in her battle for tenure. It appears that the Black community did not stand up and protest when theContinue reading “Nikole Hannah-Jones Granted Tenure”
Author Archives: Anita Russell
The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT — OPEN TO PUBLIC ON ASALH TV The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling includes workshops, Q&A sessions, panel discussions, and a certificate program Join us for our project launch on June 26th with insightful presentations by Tracey Artis from Black Family Reunion and Therese Nelson of Black Culinary History. Through this launchContinue reading “The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling”
Juneteenth 1865
Free-ish:Thirteenth Amendment Exception Clause. Ava DuVernay’s thought-provoking documentary film “13th” explores the history of racial inequality in the United States focusing on the fact that the nation’s prisons disproportionately house a high percentage of African Americans. Letter from the Ronald Saunders, President of the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of ASALH On June 14, IContinue reading “Juneteenth 1865”
Apartheid Cities: From Johannesburg South Africa to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Professor Jerry Dickinson Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh Professor Dickinson’s keynote talk, entitled “Pittsburgh is America’s Apartheid City,” calls for a moral reckoning. He challenges us to reorient the lens for which we gaze at the city; that the city is not the nation’s most livable city. It is America’s apartheid city.Continue reading “Apartheid Cities: From Johannesburg South Africa to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania”
Malcolm X Weekend Book Festival
MAY 22 | 11 AM – 1 PM ET The Pittsburgh Branch of ASALH is coming together fora dynamic Book Festival. Featuring storytelling and a power-packed Author Roundtable.Reflecting on the ASALH 2021 Theme: The Black Family—Representation, Identity, and Diversity BOOK FESTIVAL& Author Roundtable Hosted by the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Pittsburgh Branch of ASALHMAY 2211 AMContinue reading “Malcolm X Weekend Book Festival”
The Message of the Empty Womb: The History of Forced Sterilization of Black Women in the United States
Forced sterilization and the American cultural agreement with this practice robbed women of color of control of their own bodies, destinies, and communities.
Dreams of Emmett Till: A New Play by Professor Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
A New Play by Professor Gloria J. Browne-Marshall. “Dreams of Emmett Till” produced by the Law and Policy Group. A must-see for everyone!
DR. EDNA B. MCKENZIE BRANCH OF ASALH 