Radical Vessels
A September 29, 2021 lecture, “Radical Vessels; History and the Pottery of Roberto Lugo,” at the Fairfield University Art Museum.
Public Memory & Oral History
An August 13, 2021 conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed, Alan Rice, and Justin Reid.
On Juneteenth with Annette Gordon-Reed
A June 15, 2021 conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed about her new book, On Juneteenth.
U.S. Protest Fiction
A March 30, 2021 lecture on U.S. Protest Fiction in Dr. Ian Curtis’s course at Kenyon College.
Young Voices Rising
A February 20, 2021 conversation with artist Jabari C. Jefferson and activist Myra Anderson hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
Duke Ellington in D.C.
I was interviewed about legendary musician Duke Ellington and Washington, D.C. for the “A Place in Time” podcast.
Ralph Ellison and Public Television
An MLA conference panel with scholars Dr. Paul Devlin and Dr. J.D. Porter.
Racial Passing
A lecture and discussion in Dr. Andrew Kahrl and Dr. Jalane Schmidt’s “Whiteness: The History of a Racial Category” course at UVA.
E Pluribus Unum
A lecture on African American art in Dr. Philip Eliasoph’s “Art in America: A Mirror to the Nation’s Soul” course at Fairfield University.
From Monticello to Main Street
A panel discussion on historian Cinder Stanton’s research on 19th Century Black families living in Charlottesville.
The Jesuits and Slavery
A 2020 lecture to Jesuit high school students about the Jesuits’ ties to slavery.
A Report from Monticello
A presentation with Gayle Jessup White at Fairfield University in 2020.
Beyond Labor and Commodity
The keynote panel of the Capitalism and Slavery conference in Liverpool in 2019.
The Paradox of Liberty: Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello
A 2019 panel discussion hosted by the African American Museum of Dallas.
Bridgeport NAACP
A 2017 keynote speech on the occasion of the “Freedom Fund” dinner of the NAACP chapter of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
