Congratulations Keywords for Black Louisiana!!!
Overflowing with gratitude and joy for the work, and for our team, but especially our Community Circle and Advisory Board:
Malik Bartholomew (Dillard University, KnowLa Tours)
Freddi Evans (Author, Arts Educator, Independent Scholar)
Denise Frazier (Educator, Multimedia artist)
Shana M. griffin (Founder of PUNCTUATE, creator of DISPLACED)
Kathe Hambrick (Amistad Research Center)
Gia M. Hamilton (New Orleans Museum of African American History)
Phebe Hayes (Dean, University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
Dianne Honoré (Gumbo Marie and Unheard Voices of LA)
Alex Lee (Genealogist)
Kristina Kay Robinson (Poet, Writer, Visual artist)
Mona Lisa Saloy (Dillard University)
Ibrahima Seck (Whitney Plantation and Slavery Museum)
Pat Schexnayder (Louisiana Creole Research Association)
Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir (Xavier University)
Leon Waters (Louisiana Museum of African American History)
Monique Moss (Louisiana Museum of African American History)
Bruce Sunpie Barnes (Musician, Culture Bearer)
Angela Proctor (Southern University, Baton Rouge)
If they'd said no, we would have shut the doors on this work, full stop. But they said YES and they keep saying yes, offering support, advice, critique and knowledge.
And in these times, fighting for Black histories of slavery as resistance, as demands for dignity, life, and humanity, is what we need.
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