PBS Books and ASALH Present: Uncovering African American Family Stories and Genealogy

PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), presnet Uncovering African American Stories and Genealogy: Visiting the International African American Museum and Exploring Connections, part of the VISIONS OF AMERICA: All Stories, All People, All Places series, produced collaboratively by PBS Books and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The program is hosted by National Director of PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla and IMLS Acting Director Cyndee Landrum.
Celebrating lesser-known stories of African Americans, IMLS Deputy Director of Museum Services Laura Huerta Migus begins our journey at the International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, South Carolina with the Museum’s President and CEO Dr. Tonya Matthews and the Museum’s Center for Family History’s Director Brian Sheffey. IAAM is a newly opened museum, which tells the unvarnished stories of the African American experience.
Anthony Smith, who is the Associate Deputy Director for Discretionary Grants for Libraries at IMLS and a hobbyist genealogist, speaks with librarian and scholar Dr. LaVerne Gray, who is an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University and the recipient of an IMLS grant supporting her project: Uncovering Black Lives Project: Investigating the information community and collections of African Americans Genealogists. We’ll investigate the connections and collectives that bring people together in community and how it contributes to the genealogical field. Throughout this episode, we’ll learn about the stories of the African American within the greater narrative. Join us for an exciting evening.
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Uncovering African American Stories and Genealogy: Visiting the International African American Museum and Exploring Connections, part of the VISIONS OF AMERICA: All Stories, All People, All Places series, produced collaboratively by PBS Books and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The program is hosted by National Director of PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla and IMLS Acting Director Cyndee Landrum.
Celebrating lesser-known stories of African Americans, IMLS Deputy Director of Museum Services Laura Huerta Migus speaks with Charleston-based International African American Museum’s President and CEO Tonya Matthews, Ph.D. and the Center for Family History’s Director Brian Sheffey. IMLS’s Associate Deputy Director Anthony Smith discusses with librarian and scholar LaVerne Gray, Ph.D. about her important work investigating African American connections and collectives that bring people together.