Tag Archives: African American History

Celebrating Black Art, Black Family History and the Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams PhD Above: Bonnie Venable and Rodney Carpenter are the featured artists for a January 20, 2025, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative event in Cleveland. I am often pleasantly surprised to find that there are so … Continue reading →

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2024: A Smithsonian-Inspired Year to Remember

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD The folder cover for information packets that we distributed for the Smithsonian-Cleveland Partnership launch activities. In my December 2023 blog post, I shared detailed information about the January 2024 Smithsonian-Cleveland Partnership activities. These programs would … Continue reading →

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Reconnecting with Cleveland State University: Memories & Insights

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Above: Dr. Regennia N. Williams, founding editor of The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs and four-time alumna of Cleveland State University, is pictured outside the Regennia N. Williams Campus Activities Board Office at Cleveland State University. (Photograph Courtesy of Regennia … Continue reading →

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Helen Turner-Thompson and the Power of Words and Music

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD When I was informed of the passing of Rev. Helen Turner-Thompson (January 7, 1931 – March 5, 2024), I immediately thought of the times when she graciously agreed to share her oral history with me … Continue reading →

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Community Curation and Digitization Activities Have the Potential to Make Every Month Black History Month

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Pictured above (left to right) are the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Washington Monument. (Photographs by Regennia N. Williams.) By Regennia N. Williams, PhD For … Continue reading →

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Welcoming a New Season!

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Dear Readers, Happy National Arts and Humanities Month! I trust that fall 2023 is off to an amazingly brisk and colorful start! I shared my last blog post just before the official start of spring, and I am grateful for … Continue reading →

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Our March 2023 Newsletter is Now Available on ISSUU!

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams You are cordially invited to read the March 2023 edition of our Traditions & Beliefs Newsletter on ISSUU. This publication includes articles on the Ohio Humanities Council-funded “Greenstone Church Oral History Project,” which features first-person narratives … Continue reading →

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Join us for the January 19, 2023, “Reading about and Reflecting on the Work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel” 6 PM Event!

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Regennia N. Williams, PhD You are cordially invited to join me for a free Zoom discussion about the work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. This event will take place at 6 p.m. … Continue reading →

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It’s a New Season for RASHAD!

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD Juneteenth 2022 signaled the start of a sun-drenched new season in an ongoing celebration of African American history and culture that included church histories, oral histories, a film festival, museum exhibits, and more. In a … Continue reading →

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In Her Path: Following in the Footsteps of Mrs. Joan Southgate

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Regennia N. Williams, PhD On June 18, 2022, I had the honor of speaking with Mrs. Joan Southgate, the activist-author of In Their Path: A Grandmother’s 519-Mile Underground Railroad Walk (2004). As fate would have it, we both chose to … Continue reading →

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