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Gussie White (30 January 1889 – 23 January 1953) [1] was an American archaeologist, civil rights activist, and Works Progress Administration employee, [2] [3] who in that role was one of the few named Black women (of at least 87 total) [4] involved in the excavation of the Irene Mound (a significant site of Georgia prehistory).
Black Feminist Archaeology is relatively new within the discipline of archaeology, and has been predominantly led by Black women in historical North American contexts. [32] It focuses on the intersection between race, gender, and class in the interpretation of the American archaeological record, and rejects the separation or prioritization of ...
The first meeting of the Society of Black Archaeologists SBA took place at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2012. In 2019, SBA held its annual meeting at the 2019 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology in St. Charles, Missouri. [1]
Sarah and Peter Fossett, prominent Black citizens in Civil War-era Cincinnati, stood up to abolish slavery and desegregate the city’s streetcar. Meet the woman who helped desegregate Cincinnati ...
Jennie Davis Porter (1879 – 3 July 1936) was an American educator. She was the first African-American to receive a PhD from the University of Cincinnati and became the first black female principal of a public school in Cincinnati.
They are members of Queens Village, a team of more than 3,000 Black women in the Cincinnati region. The group began in 2017, when four mothers and their children joined for dinner.
Archaeological investigations under the WPA were influential in the rediscovery of pre-Columbian Native American cultures, and the development of professional archaeology in the US. The WPA was a federal program that ran its own projects in cooperation with state and local governments, which supplied 10–30% of the costs. Usually, the local ...
An award-winning journalist and podcast host is coming to the Queen City. Here's everything to know.