Black History
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Poetry in the Chaos
When I lived in Cincinnati for Ph.D. coursework, I visited many National Park Sites in Dayton, Ohio. The area is known for the beginnings of the Wright siblings’ foray into aviation. However, among…
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Forgotten, Fought For, Forsaken
Today’s National Park Site feature is the first in NYC, a ferry ride across the harbor from my apartment. My first visit a few years ago to the African Burial Ground National Monument…
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Freed, & Making People Freer
This summer, I visited the Booker T. Washington National Monument for the first time. Walking through the grounds of the plantation on which he and his family were enslaved, I imagined the everyday…
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A New (or Old) Society, but Always Broken
After the abolition of slavery in the United States, efforts to integrate communities, especially in states where slave-holding had been legal, began to spread. Civil rights were center stage for people trying to…
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Black History Month MMXXV: National Park Sites
As usual, I am excited to enter the best month of the year…February! From my childhood visiting U.S. National Park Service sties to my current obsession with filling up my National Parks Passport,…