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Today on Black History Talks, Dr. Bernard Powers sits down with Dr. Ashley Dennis. Ashley D. Dennis is an Assistant Professor of History at the College of Charleston. She is also the Public History Coordinator of the MA program in History and a faculty affiliate of the African American Studies Program. Dr. Dennis is a scholar of African American history, with specialties in Black women’s history, the history of Black education, and Black intellectual history. Her current book manuscript, Intellectual Emancipation: Black Women, Education, and Anti-Blackness in the Age of Jim Crow, explores how and why Black women teachers, librarians, and authors promoted the study of Black history and culture among children during the mid-twentieth century. She examines their involvement in debates about book banning, the causes and solutions to racism, the nature of slavery in the U.S., and the relationship between Africa and the African diaspora.

Today on Black History Talks, Dr. Bernard Powers sits down with Grahame Long, Director of Museums at the Historic Charleston Foundation

Today on Black History Talks, Dr. Bernard Powers sits down with College of Charleston Political Science Professor John Thomas.

Dr. Bernard Powers features Martina Morale, Director of Curational and Special Exhibitions at IAAM.

This month on Black History Talks, Dr. Bernard Powers talks with La'Sheia Oubré and Joanna Gilmore about their work with the Anson Street African Burial Ground Project.

This month on Black History Talks, Dr. Bernard Powers talks with Dr. Grant Gilmore, Associate Professor and Addlestone Chair of Historic Preservation in the Dept. of Art & Architectural History. Together they talk about the importance of historic preservation and excavation and the role it plays in understanding modern society.

Today on Black History Talks, Dr. Bernard Powers sits down with Dr. Simon Lewis, professor of English and the faculty director for the College of Charleston's Race, Equity and Inclusion (REI) initiative.