Dr. Jackson, Dr. Wiggins Jackson and Dr. Dean are interviewed about a new archival collection on Billie Holiday. Hopkins historians uncover collection of Billie Holiday history (wbaltv.com)
Researching the Africana Archive: Black Cemetery Stories
Researching the Africana Archive: Black Cemetery Stories
The Johns Hopkins course Researching the Africana Archive: Black Cemetery Stories brings together a community of scholars to discover, recover, and maintain Baltimore’s Black cemeteries. Read the full article on the Hub.
Nine Graduate Fellowships Announced for JHU and Nearby HBCU Students
Inheritance Baltimore: Humanities and Arts Education for Black Liberation is delighted to announce the availability of nine new fellowships and teaching assistantships for graduate students at Johns Hopkins and local partner institutions for the academic year 2023-2024.
Inheritance Baltimore engaged in building community in Liberia
This is the morning after our performance of our original play 200 Years of Returns on Providence Island about the Liberian bicentennial. This photo features dancers associated with Orita’s Cross Freedom School, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore and choreographer Elliott Jones, two Baltimore-based graduate students, actors and the director of the Department of Museum Theater at Colonial...
Inheritance Baltimore welcomes seven new fellows
Seven new fellows and one Elder in Residence are joining Inheritance Baltimore to support the work of the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts (BHCLA). The fellows will focus on different aspects of work: teaching, curatorial work, archives and research, and the arts. Each of these specialists will work with arts organizations, museums, and archives...