History Deserves to Be Shared.
Here’s a look at a few of my Digital Public History Projects
John Flint Webpage
The legacies of college custodians in the south have long been overlooked in the conversation of civil rights and racial uplift. I found John Flint in the Agnes Scott archives and his story highlighted one of the many narratives of college custodians who worked at colleges during the Jim Crow era to college integration. Over sixty years worth of archival sources during his tenure at Agnes Scott shows his silent commitment to making life better for his family and the black community in Beacon Hill. This webpage is a biography that I wrote after learning his story.
Oakland City Walking Tour
Oakland City, Atlanta was once one of the many Black enclaves that existed in Jim crow era Atlanta. Over the years the neighborhoods demographics has rapidly shifted due to gentrification and that marker of the community that once was began to fade. This walking tour revisits and examines Black life and culture in the historic neighborhood.
(Mis) Remembered: The Makings of Campus lore
It all begins with the campus lore of the “Dana Ghost”. Through archival research we find that the Dana Ghost is indeed the tragic story of Suzan Robinson Walker . Killed in a unfortunate accident in the Dana Building, the memory of Walker still lingers in the form of campus Lore. This StoryMap explores the tangled webs of truth and fiction and how history eventually becomes fictionalized .