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From Black Women's Suffrage to Black Lives Matter: A Living Legacy
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Date: Thursday, October 29, 2020
This webinar, presented in collaboration with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, will examine the legacy of Black Women’s early activism and its connections to the present moment. It will include presentations on voting stories and links to the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as how Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is collecting African American COVID-19 experiences for archiving and using Wikimedia to surface materials relevant to their community.
Speakers:
Dominic Byrd-McDevitt, DPLA Data Fellow
Danté Nicole Miller, Community Editor for WFAE/Charlotte Mecklenburg Library/Digital Public Library of America via Report for America
Shaneé Yvette Murrain, DPLA Community Manager
Hannah Terrell, Branch Leader, Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Alexandra Watts, Reporter, WFAE
Catherine Welch, Assistant News Director, WFAE
Martha Yesowitch, Community Partnerships Leader, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This webinar, presented in collaboration with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, will examine the legacy of Black Women’s early activism and its connections to the present moment. It will include presentations on voting stories and links to the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as how Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is collecting African American COVID-19 experiences for archiving and using Wikimedia to surface materials relevant to their community.
Speakers:
Dominic Byrd-McDevitt, DPLA Data Fellow
Danté Nicole Miller, Community Editor for WFAE/Charlotte Mecklenburg Library/Digital Public Library of America via Report for America
Shaneé Yvette Murrain, DPLA Community Manager
Hannah Terrell, Branch Leader, Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Alexandra Watts, Reporter, WFAE
Catherine Welch, Assistant News Director, WFAE
Martha Yesowitch, Community Partnerships Leader, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library