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Join Our Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration on National Headwrap Day!

Pictured above (left to right) are Diahann Carroll, award-winning star of television’s “Julia”  series (aired 1968-1971, IMDb photo);  Queen Fatima Atahiya Chui, a Cleveland-based designer and entrepreneur, and  Regennia N. Williams.  (Photos courtesy of Queen Fatima Atahiya Chui and Regennia … Continue reading

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

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

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

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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