(Since 2015)
Community Lectures
“The Crisis in Florida,” The Institute for Common Power’s 24 Hour Teach-In for Democracy, St. Petersburg (FL), May 18, 2023
“June 18, 1964: The Arrest of 16 Rabbis in St. Augustine and Why it Matters,” St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society, April 24, 2023.
“What is ‘Academic Freedom’ and Why Does it Matter?,” American Association of University Women (AAUW) – Flagler County Chapter, Palm Coast (FL), April 1, 2023.
“Defcon 1: In Search of Truth in Education in Florida (In-Person & Online Event),” The Institute for Common Power, March 20, 2023.
“Teaching History Through Popular Music,” St. Augustine (FL) Rotary Club, November 5, 2022.
“‘What are we Fightin’ For?’: Teaching the Vietnam War through Rock and Roll,” National Council of History Education (NCHE), September 19, 2022.
“A Southern Movement: Civil Rights & Afro-Christianity,” Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St. Augustine, October 9, 2022.
“Stop WOKE?”: The Assault on Education and Truth in Florida and Other States. What Can We Do?,” The Institute for Common Power, Meet the Moment Mondays Series, August 15, 2022.
“Memory, Myth, Identity: The Contextualization of St. Augustine’s Confederate Monument,” HistoryCon, Daytona Museum of Arts & Sciences, July 30, 2022.
“Critical Race Theory – What it is – What it is not,” St. Johns County Democratic Women’s Club, February 7, 2023, Ruth’s List Community Conversation, Central Florida (Orlando), June 1, 2022, The Harry T. Moore Center, Titusville, FL, April 16, 2022, and Unitarian Universalist Friendship Fellowship at Pineda/Space Coast, Brevard County (FL), May 15, 2022.
“Florida’s Long Civil Rights Movement: The Uncomfortable Truth,” Florida Council for History Education Sip & Scholarship Series, May 13, 2022.
“Critical Race Theory (CRT): What is it, What it is not, What it is Becoming, How it can Impact your DE&I Work,” presentation for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Foundations Executive Council Conference, The Conference Board, Charlotte, NC, May 10, 2022.
“The Contextualization of Confederate Iconography,” American Association of University Women (AAUW) – Flagler County Chapter, Palm Coast (FL), February 12, 2022.
“Civil Rights: State, Local and National Campaigns in Florida,” in Florida Talks: Walk the Talk – A Virtual Series on Social Justice with Florida Humanities Scholars, Sponsored by Indian River CARES, Culture Builds Florida, and the Center for Spiritual Care, January 11, 2022.
“From Civil Rights to Black Power in Rock,” C-SPAN ‘Lectures in History’ Series, originally aired on December 19, 2020.
“State, Local, National Campaigns: The Civil Rights Movement in Florida:”
Pinellas County African American History Museum (St. Petersburg), November 3, 2023; Nassau County Public Library System (Hilliard, FL), June 8, 2023; Beaches Museum (Jacksonville), February 16, 2023; Ormond Beach (FL) Historical Society, November 5, 2022; Amelia Island (FL) Historical Society, May 15, 2020; American Association of University Women, Flagler County Chapter, Palm Coast, FL, February 8, 2020; Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (Tampa), February 23, 2018; Florida A&M University Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum, February 18, 2018.
“The Magnificent Drama: Dr. Martin Luther King in St. Augustine:” Leesburg Public Library, February 25, 2023; St. Johns County Public Library , February 18, 2023; St. Petersburg Museum of History, February 9, 2023; Ringling College, Sarasota, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, March 2, 2022; Amelia Island Museum of History, November 19, 2021; Ormond Beach Historical Society, November 20, 2021; Lake Wales (FL) Public Library, February 13, 2018; Florida Museum of History, February 15, 2018; St. Petersburg (FL) Museum of History, February 9, 2017; New Smyrna (FL) Museum of History, February 16, 2017.
“Police Brutality and Confederate Imagery: The Black Freedom Struggle in One Florida County:” Palm Beach County Library System Public Programming Series, November 18, 2021; Clearwater (FL) Public Library, February 28, 2017 and as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities Series “A Sense of Home: From Cultural Conflict to Coexistence in Florida’s Heartland,” South Florida State College, November 15, 2017.
“Teaching the Intersection of African American and Women’s History in the Age of Trump.” American Association of University Women, St. Augustine Chapter, November 9, 2017.
“The Escambia County Civil Rights Movement & the Continuing Black Freedom Struggle in Florida.” American Association of University Women, Flagler County Chapter, Palm Coast, FL, February 11, 2017.
“Beyond Integration: The Black Freedom Struggle in Pensacola, Florida, 1960-1980.” Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL, January 31, 2018; Florida Heritage Book Festival, St. Augustine, FL, September 23, 2017; Samuel Proctor Oral History Center, the University of Florida, October 28, 2016; Flagler College, September 29, 2016; St. Johns County Public Library, Southeastern Branch, June 23, 2016.
“Everyday Life in the Jim Crow South.” St. Johns County Public Library System, Southeast Branch, February 1, 2016; Downtown Branch. February 10, 2016.
“Southern Culture and the Cracker Lifestyle.” Umatilla (FL) Historical Society, December 11, 2015.
Lead Scholar
NCHE, Project ACRE (Amplifying Civil Rights Education), St. Louis Public Schools and the School District of University City, 2024-27.
Florida Humanities, “St. Augustine Gathering” weekend, October 6-8, 2023.
“The Long Civil Rights Movement,” a three-part webinar sponsored by the Michigan Council for the Social Studies, live and recorded for all 6-12 grade History and Civics Teachers in the state.
- Part One, “The Long Civil Rights Movement,” May 16, 2022
- Part Two, “The Master Narrative, ” May 18, 2022
- Part Three, “The Movement Continues,” May 23, 2022
Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend Academic Workshop, Penney Farms, FL, January 14-15, 2017. On Saturday the 14th, I offered three sessions titled “A Brief Overview of the Civil Rights Movement,” “Martin Luther King in St. Augustine,” and “MLK’s Legacy in Florida and Beyond.” Approximately fifty community members attended the workshops. On Sunday the 15th, I spoke in the community chapel and gave an overview of the Christian theology that drove the Civil Rights Movement.
Panelist
“Dare Not Walk Alone” film screening and discussion, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St. Augustine, Fall Film Series, October 7, 2023.
“Florida Censorship: Obstructing Education,” Space Coast Progressive Alliance, Brevard County (FL), September 1, 2022.
Film Discussant, Race: The Power of an Illusion, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St. Augustine and St. Augustine Film Society, April 9, 2022.
“Critical Race Theory (CRT): What it is, What it is Not, What it is Becoming,” Panel Discussion hosted by Inclusion Allies Coalition, a coalition of organizations and practitioners committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organizations and society, Brooklyn, NY, March 24, 2022.
“#Hashtags to Action: A Community Forum on Police Brutality.” Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL. July 14, 2016.
Panel Moderator
“Ali: Race & Religion,” Northeast Florida PBS (WJCT – Jacksonville), September 15, 2021.
“The Vietnam War and Stories of Service: WJCT & the Special Forces Association – Chapter 88,” Northeast Florida PBS in Jacksonville, October 3, 2017.
Northeast Florida PBS (WJCT) screening of the Ken Burn’s documentary “The Vietnam War,” Flagler College, September 6, 2017.
Northeast Florida PBS (WJCT) screening of the Ken Burn’s documentary “Jackie Robinson,” Flagler College, April 3, 2016.