Celebrating Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s work

Reception Room at the White Rose Mission,1890s.

Upcoming Events

November

Black Boys, Dolls, and Textual Histories: Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s “His Heart’s Desire” (1900)American Antiquarian Society program, topic TBA.

2025

150th Anniversary Celebration of Dunbar-Nelson's birth, in conjunction with American Antiquarian Society, University of Delaware and the Delaware and Philadelphia NAACP.

Past Events

Teaching Black History presentation, Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literary, University of Buffalo. Conference theme: Black to the Future: Afro-futurism as Black History.

Roundtable on Recovering Early Black Women Writers for Children, Children’s Literature Association conference, Madison, WI.

Professional development sessions on including early Black women intellectuals for K-12 classroom teachers, School District of Philadelphia.

Speakers on “Gen Z and C19: Affirming Student Scholars” panel at C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists conference in Pasadena, CA.

Jenine Hazlewood, “What were they made for? A Timeline of the Black Barbie Doll,” Africana Studies Lecture Series, School District of Philadelphia. [use flyer for visual interest if you think it looks good here]

Faith in Florida’s Black History National Convening, Training, Orlando, FL 

Modern Language Association Annual Meeting Recentering Black Women Intellectuals: A Philadelphia School District Collaboration, Roundtable Session

Virtual discussion of "His Heart's Desire" and the official electronic publishing of all versions including the audio reading

2023

Presented to the Villanova Freedom School, PA

Presented to the McNulty Advisory Council, New York, NY

Student panel at Gender and Women’s Studies Student Research Conference, Villanova University

Presented to Philly School District, for Women's History Month webinar on "Language of Feminine Liberation" Virtual

Freedom School 2023, "Representation: Black Female Writers in Philadelphia Classrooms & Beyond"

2022

ASALH roundtable: Recovering Black Women Writers for Black Children’s Health and Well-Being: A Philadelphia School District Collaboration.

Dunbar-Nelson Day: Part of VU Pride week

Student trip to Dunbar-Nelson Papers at the University of Delaware Special Collections

Chicago Public Library virtual discussion of the ‘Steenth Street stories published in The Chicago Daily News – an event that inspired the Chicago library to print out hard copies of two stories to share with patrons!