2017
July 2017: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL: Strategic Leadership for Black Congregations, “What Ancestral Obligation Look Like: 100 Yeats Later the Lynching of Grandpa Crawford and Contemporary Justice”, Guest Lecturer.
June 2017: College of Charleston, Charleston, SC: “Coalition: Abbeville”, Panelist.
April 2017: University of California, Berkeley, “100 Years Later: The Lynching of (Grandpa) Anthony Crawford: Has Racial Difference Ended or Simply Evolved?” Public Lecture.
April 2017: Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, Panelist: “THE BLOOD OF EMMETT TILL”, with Tim B. Tyson and Aram Goudsouzian
March 2017: Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL: "In Challenging Times: Women, Activism and Leadership."
March 2017: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: “Black Bodies, Social Justice, and the Archive”: Panelist, “Ex-Slave Communities, History, Violence and Memory: Are We Ready to Reckon with Justice?”
February 2017: American Black Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee, WI: Founder's Day Gathering for Racial Repair & Reconciliation, Keynote Speaker, “What is Justice?”
February 2017: Shorefront Legacy Center/NAACP, Evanston, IL: Coalition: Abbeville”, Public Lecture.
2016
December 2016: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: Justice Talks, University Christian Ministry, “African American History in Evanston”, Panelist.
November 2016: Newberry Library, Chicago, IL:
“We Had A Good Night: Early 20thCentury African American Women’s Economies, Lecturer.
February, 2016: Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Houston, TX
“Lest We Forget: SDPC and UN’s Decade for African People”, Panelist.
February, 2016: Moholo LiveHouse, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
“Race, Lynching and Land”, Public Lecture.
2009-2015
April, 2015: Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum, Miami FL
“From Grandpa to Emmett to Trayvon”, Public Lecture.
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June 2014: Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum, Miami, FL
“The Lynching of Grandpa Crawford”, Public Lecture.
March 2014: Clemson University, Clemson, SC,
“The Lynching of Grandpa Crawford”, Keynote
September, 2013: Dorothy’s Gallery/American Center for the Arts, Paris, France
“From Grandpa, to Emmett, to Trayvon: Lynching in America, An Interesting Trajectory”
Public Lecture
September, 2013: University of Rouen, Rouen, France
“Lynching, Memory, and Womanism: Implications for 20th Century Cultural, Keynote
August 2013: 50th Anniversary March on Washington, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Washington, DC, Workshop Presenter: “Turning Passion into Activism for Today’s Youth”
March, 2012: Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Lecture: “Lynching in America: A National Shame”
February, 2011: Loyola University Law School, Chicago IL
Norman Amaker Public Interest Law Retreat,
Keynote speaker
May 2010: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati OH
Lecturer: “Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America”
December, 2010: University of Wisconsin, Madison WI: “Lynching in America: A National Shame”, Lecture.
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July, 2009: Les Recontres d’Arles, Arles, France, “Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America”, Invited Lecturer.
March, 2009: International Center for Transitional Justice, Greensboro NC
Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Conference, Panelist June, 2006
June, 2009: University of Mississippi, Oxford MS, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation Conference, “Southern Exposure”; “Working to Expose Civil Rights Murders: Working With Congress for Change” , Panelist.
2002-2006
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March, 2006: Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest IL
The Lynching of Anthony Crawford”, Lecture.
January, 2006: Northwestern University, Department of United States History, Evanston IL
“Lynching in the Family”, Guest Lecturer.
January, 2006: Evanston Township High School History Classes, Evanston IL, “The Lynching of Anthony Crawford”, Guest Lecturer.
August, 2005: Emmett Till Justice Campaign, New York, NY
The 50th Anniversary of the Emmett Till Lynching
December, 2005: DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago IL
Panelist: “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till,” Film Discussion
June, 2005: Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Creating a Community of Scholars-Teaching American History
Lecturer: “Truth-Teaching: Education Our Youth to a Shameful Past”
June, 2005: Chicago Historical Society, Chicago IL
Lecturer: “Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America”
June, 2005: Chicago Historical Society, Chicago IL
Panelist: Opening Ceremonies, “Lynching Photography in America”
June, 2005: United States Senate, Washington DC
Commentator: Resolution S-39 Anti-Lynching Apology
Member: United States Senate Steering Committee
April 2005: Evanston Township High School History Classes, Evanston IL
Lecturer: “Examining Your Roots; My Painful Past”
The Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Participant: “Contemporary Lynching: The Modern Day Death Penalty”
March, 2005: The University of Mississippi, Oxford MS
Lecturer: “The Lynching of Grandpa Crawford”
February, 2005: The University of Illinois-Chicago, African American Studies Class, Chicago IL
Lecturer: “The Lynching of Grandpa Crawford”
February, 2005: North Park University, Chicago IL
Lecturer: “The Lynching in the Family—Trans-Generational Pain Examined”
February, 2005: The Evanston Historical Society, Evanston IL
Lecturer: “The Lynching of Grandpa Crawford” and “Under the Buffalo”
May, 2004: Delta Sigma Theta, North Shore Chapter, Evanston IL
Lecturer: “A Lynching in the Family-a Painful Past”
May, 2004: Tulane University/Jackson State University, Jackson MS
Unsettling Memories Conference
Panelist: “Without Sanctuary” Panel Discussion
May 2004: Jackson State University, Jackson MS
Panelist: “Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America”
“Survivor Stories”
May 2004: Clayton Jackson McGhie Lynching Memorial, Duluth MN , Anniversary Dedication Ceremony, Keynote Speaker: “Honoring Those Who Were Lynched With Dignity.”
May, 2004: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta GA
Closing Ceremonies Speaker: “Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America.”
January, 2003: African American Historical Society, Washington DC
Keynote Speaker: “Tracing Your African American Roots is Easier Than You Think”
February, 2002: African American Genealogical & Historical Society, Washington DC
Annual Conference
Keynote Speaker: “What Learning About My Ancestors Has Meant to My Life.”