Tag Archives: 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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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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Dr. Marvin A. McMickle: Prolific Scholar and RASHAD Board Member

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Regennia N. Williams, PhD             On Thursday, January 20, 2022, I had the pleasure of serving as host for a wonderful author talk by the Reverend Dr. Marvin A. McMickle, a prolific scholar and a member of the Editorial Advisory … Continue reading →

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Mary Lou Williams and All That Jazz

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD At long last my summer break is over! I am pleased to be back in my virtual saddle again and spending more time writing about the music and books that never fail to bring me … Continue reading →

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Public Screening of Veteran’s Oral History at the UnBar Cafe

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director
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Please Remember RASHAD on Giving Tuesday

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Dear Friends of the Arts and Humanities, Thank you for supporting the work of the Center for the Study of Religion and Spirituality in the History of Africa and the Diaspora, The RASHAD Center Inc. Without you, we would not … Continue reading →

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