she/her. History #librarian at Mississippi State. Nerd. Fangirl. Aunt. Feminist. Humanist.
"Against All Odds," my #digitalhumanities project about Mississippi's Black legislators during and just after #Reconstruction: https://much-ado.net/legislators
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I gave this talk on October 28 for the Society of #Mississippi #Archivists about the Mississippi Governor's School class I taught in June, introducing gifted high school students to our state's first Black legislators. It shows, I hope, how #library and #DigitalHumanities work can lead to unexpected opportunities. #Education #BlackHistory #Reconstruction #histodons
I thought I would go ahead and share my primary research project here. "Against All Odds" is a website and #digitalhumanities project that provides information on the 150+ Black men who served as #Mississippi legislators during and just after #Reconstruction, from 1870-1894. It includes brief bios, photos, excerpts from primary and secondary sources, almost a thousand transcribed and cross-linked newspaper clippings, and more. #BlackHistory #BlackDH #histodons
I just posted a new episode of Unsung History, which features an interview with Dr. Felicia Kornbluh about the reproductive rights activism in 1960s New York that led to the most liberal abortion law in the country there in 1970.
With the fall of Roe, this activist history is key to what to do next.
Kelly Therese