2024

May 16-18, 2024         Biographers International Organization Annual Conference, Leon Levy Center for Biography, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 9:00am-6:00pm

April 14, 2023             Broadcast Education Association Convention, Unintentional Futures: How We Tranisitioned from Newsrooms to Classrooms, Las Vegegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, 10:15am

2023

May 20, 2023         Biographers International Organization Annual Conference, Leon Levy Center for Biography, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 9:00am-6:00pm  EST

April 29, 2023       Radio Preservation Task Force Conference, Black Centered Radio: Preservation, Recovery, and Representation,  Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1:15pm EST

2022

May 14, 2022         Biographers International Organization Virtual Conference, Aural and Visual Feasts: Biography in Different Forms, 11:00am EST

2021

August 4, 2021         Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Virtual Conference, Black Radio as Resistance: A Historical Perspective, via Zoom, 10:00pm EST

May 14, 2021           Biographers International Organization Virtual Conference, The Ray A. Shepard Service Award, via Zoom, 12:30pm EST

March 18, 2021       The Society for Cinema and Media Studies Virtual Conference, The Emotional and the Devotional in TV and Radio, 3:00pm EST

March 2, 2021         The Long, Long Way: Conversations on Race and Film, Washington National Cathedral, via Zoom, 7:00pm EST

February 18, 2021  Mr. Soul! Screening and Panel Discussion, WHUT via OVEE, 6:30pm EST

(More event details to come. Past events are in italics)

 

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The following engagements were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Past completed events are in italics.

March 16, 2020	University of the Fraser Valley, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
April 3, 2020	TeeLee’s Teahouse and Bookstore, Denver, CO, 6:00pm
May 15-17, 2020	Biographers International Organization Annual Conference, Podcasting Workshop, Leon Levy Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY
October 22-24, 2020	Radio Preservation Task Force Conference, A Century of Broadcasting: Preservation and Renewal, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
February 22, 2020

2019 

October 3-6, 2019	Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference, Embassy Suites Hotel, North Charleston, South Carolina
May 17-19, 2019	Biographers International Organization Conference, Leon Levy Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY
March 24, 2019	Woodridge Neighborhood Library, Washington, DC, 3:00pm
March 11-14, 2019	San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, San Jose, CA
February 23, 2019	Cleveland Park Public Library, Washington, DC, 2:00pm
February 12, 2019	Wade in the Water 25th Anniversary Celebration, National Public Radio, Washington, DC, Noon

2018 

October 25-26, 2018	Journalism Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
October 19, 2018	African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 4:00-5:15pm
October 4-6, 2018	Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference & Black Metropolis Research Consortium Fellows Reunion, Indianapolis, IN
September 26, 2018	Scholarly Production Workshop, Founders Library, Howard University Washington, DC, 10:00-11:30am
September 8, 2018	Word Warrior Audiobook Launch, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Collection, Chicago, IL, Noon
August 6, 2018	Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Washington, DC, 1:30pm
May 18-20, 2018	Audiobook Workshop, Biographers International Organization Conference, New York, NY
April 16, 2018	San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, San Jose, CA
April 12-14, 2018	Organization of American Historians Conference, Sacramento, CA

January 12, 2017	American Association of University Women Luncheon, Amici’s Restaurant, St. Augustine, FL, 11:30am
March 11, 2017	African American Museum and Library of Oakland, Oakland, CA, 2:00pm
March 14, 2017	Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 6:30pm
March 15, 2017	Laney College, Media Communications Department, Oakland, CA, Noon
April 1, 2017	Media and Civil Rights History Symposium, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
April 22-25, 2017	Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV
May 19-20, 2017	Biographers International Organization Conference, Boston, MA
May 23, 2017	New Directions in African American History Series, Delaware Historical Society, Wilmington, DE, 6:00pm
July 28, 2017	Affirmative Lives: Black Students & Affirmative Action at the University of Chicago, Black Metropolis Research Consortium, Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago, IL, 5:30pm
August 3, 2017	Preserving African American and Civil Rights Radio Collections, Association of African American Museums, Washington, DC,   2:15pm
October 14, 2017	Chicago Black History Forum, Du Sable Museum of African American History, Chicago, IL, Noon-1:30pm, Free
October 21, 2017	South Oakwood-Brookhaven Neighborhood Organization, Esther Johnson Scholarship Luncheon, Chicago, IL, Noon
November 2-4, 2017	Radio Preservation Task Force Conference, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

2016

February 3, 2016	“Books & Beyond,” Library of Congress, Madison Building, Montpelier Room, Washington, DC, Noon-1:00pm
February 17, 2016	St. Augustine Public Library, Main Branch, St. Augustine, FL, 12:30pm
February 18, 2016	Flagler College, Solarium, St. Augustine, FL, 7:00pm
February 21, 2016	Olive Branch Community Church, Rectory, Sandy Spring, MD, 10:30am
February 26-27, 2016	Radio Preservation Task Force Conference, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, & University of Maryland, College Park, MD
March 24-25, 2016	Ohio University, School of Media Arts and Studies, Athens, OH
April 18-20, 2016	Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
June 3, 2016	BIO Biographers International Organization, Authors’ Afternoon Readings, Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 4:15-5:45pm
June 4, 2016	Biographers International Organization Conference, Richmond, VA, 9:30-10:30am
June 5, 2016	Biographers International Organization Book Bash, Hardywood Craft Brewery, Richmond, VA, Noon-3:00pm
July 10, 2016	Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago, Atlas Senior Citizens Center, 1767 E 79th St., Chicago, IL, 1:15-3:30pm
July 15, 2016	Mather Lifeways Cafe, 33 E. 83rd St., Chicago, IL, 1:00pm
July 16, 2016	Harlem Book Fair, QBR’s 2016 Phyllis Wheatley Book Awards, Harlem Hospital Atrium, New York, NY, 5:00pm (with my Music & Art High School buddies)
July 19, 2016	Black Music & Civil Rights, March on Washington Film Festival, NPR, Washington, DC, 6:30pm (Sonja Williams, Jonathan Jackson, Al Bell and Jacquie Gales Webb) Above Photos by Kevin Allen (kevinallenphoto.com)
August 5, 2016	National Association of Black Journalists Convention, Authors Showcase, “Tell Me a Story: Compelling Narrative Nonfiction Writing and the Authors Who Create Them,” Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC, 10:45am
October 15, 2016	Midwest Regional High School and College Radio/Webcast Conference, Columbia College, Chicago,IL, 11:00-Noon
November 5, 2016	Biography Beyond Borders Symposium, Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 9:30am-6:30pm
November 18, 2016	Authors Showcase, Washington Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association and the School of Global Journalism and Communication, Morgan State University, 4905 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, MD, 5:00-8:00pm
2015
March 12, 2015	National Council of Black Studies Conference, Los Angeles, CA
April 8, 2015	School of Communications Authors Night, Howard University Bookstore, Washington, DC
April 12 – 15, 2015	Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV
June 5 – 6, 2015	Biographers International Organization Annual Conference, National Press Club, Washington, DC
August 6 – 9, 2015	Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, San Francisco, CA
September 12, 2015	Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC, 1:00pm
September 12, 2015	Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, Washington, DC, 4:30pm
September 23, 2015	Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, Savannah State University, Savannah, GA, 10:00am
September 24 – 25, 2015	Book Launch – Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference, Atlanta, GA
September 26, 2015	Medu Bookstore, Atlanta, GA, 2-5:00pm
September 27, 2015	Quail Ridge Books & Music, Raleigh, NC, 2:00pm
September 28, 2015	The Regulator Bookstore, Durham, NC, 7:00pm
September 29, 2015	Center for Documentary Studies & Forum for Scholars and Publics, Duke University, Durham, NC, Noon
October 1, 2015	Barnes & Noble Bookstore@Howard University, Washington, DC, 5:30pm
October 2, 2015	Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University, Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center Plaza, Fairfax, VA, 1:30pm
October 14, 2015	Seminary Co-op Bookstore, Chicago, IL, 6:00pm
October 15, 2015	Bronzeville Historical Society Salon, Chicago, IL, 3:00pm
October 17, 2015	Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Chicago, IL, 2:00pm
October 19, 2015	St. Clair Drake Center, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, 2:00pm
October 24, 2015	DC Author Festival, Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library, Washington, DC, 10:00am-5:00pm (I’ll talk about my book from 2-2:30 pm)
October 25, 2015	Anacostia Community Museum, Washington, DC, 2:00pm
October 26, 2015	Bus Boys and Poets – Brookland, Washington, DC, 6:00pm
October 27, 2015	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Brown Lecture Series, Baltimore, MD, 6:30pm
November 5, 2015	Laurel Book Store, Oakland, CA, 6:00pm
November 8, 2015	Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, Ebony Repertory Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 3:00pm
November 17, 2015	National Press Club Annual Book Fair & Authors’ Night, Washington, DC, 5:30-8:30pm
November 22, 2015	Miami Book Fair International, Miami, FL, 12:30pm
December 5, 2015	Seventh Annual Langston Hughes Literary Festival, Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, Queens, NY, 10:30am
December 5, 2015	MIST Studios, Harlem, NY, 2:00pm
December 11, 2015	The Missouri/Kansas Friends of People’s World, 12th Annual Working Class Media & Democracy Forum, St. Louis, MO, 63118, 7:00pm.
December 17, 2015	Authors in Conversation: Voices of Freedom – Black Journalism in History and Literature, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA, 6:30pm