Our special issue for @j19journal.bsky.social honoring Frances E.W. Harper's 200th birthday is now out! It features *8* terrific essays on intriguing facets of Harper's work and concludes with a stirring afterword by @profkori.bsky.social.
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Just transcribed a speech by Frederick Douglass: "Since the call for this public meeting was published in the newspapers of this city, those with whom it originated have been subjected to a perfect stream of unfair and unfriendly criticism." @douglassday.bsky.social #howarduniversity
Having a great time transcribing Colored Conventions in DC at Howard University! #howarduniversity #moorlandspingarnresearchcenter #Howarduniversitylibraries @douglassday.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social
The deadline to submit abstracts for AALCS panels at ALA is rapidly approaching (January 12)! Please email your proposals to both sabrina.evans@howard.edu and justinsmith@rmc.edu. Also check out our newsletter: aalcsblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/i...
The African American Literature and Culture Society and I are delighted to share our first newsletter with you, which we plan to publish biannually. Please circulate with your colleages and graduate students: drive.google.com/file/d/10odA...
Excited to share that I was interviewed on the Black Studies Podcast by Ashley Newby. The episode is available on Apple and Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1kR3...
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Please circulate the following CFP for African American Literature and Culture Society (AALCS) papers and panels at the 2026 ALA Conference in Chicago! Deadline for abstracts is January 12!
I'm a little late, but excited to announce that my article, "'Undisputed Dignity': Anna Julia Cooper, Black Publishing, and Late-Nineteenth Century Discourses of Dignity," published in Legacy Journal is now available: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
So happy to announce that my forthcoming article with Global Black Thought, "Exposing the Racial Illogics of Jim Crow Segregation: Mary Church Terrell's Situational Resistance," won AAIHS's 2025 Maria Stewart Journal Article Prize! Congrats to the other winners as well!
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Happy Douglass Day! Students at Howard are deep into transcribing and enjoying Douglass Day Cupcakes from #sweetlobby #HowardUniversity #HowardEnglishDepartment #HowardUniversityLibraries @douglassday.bsky.social
*For immediate release*
Join the Library of Congress for a Douglass Day 2025 Transcribe-a-Thon and Other Black History Month Events
Press release (Feb 4, 2025)
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Final reminder to submit an abstract for African American Literature and Culture panels at the ALA Conference in Boston this year, if interested! Deadline is January 12.
Deadline extended to January 12!
REMINDER: The African American Literature and Culture Society invites abstracts or panel proposals for the 2025 ALA Conference in Boston, due by December 15! Please share the attached CFP widely!