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09/18/2025

Join Black in Historic Preservation for a Virtual Member Talk:

Sat., October 4, 2025
11:15am - 12:30pm EST
“The Out(sider) Preservation Initiative: The Field Beyond Regulation and Lists”
by Dr. Andrea Roberts

About the Speaker:
Dr. Andrea Roberts is an Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning and director of the Center for Cultural Landscapes (CCL) at the University of Virginia.

She’s the founder of The Texas Freedom Colonies Project Atlas & Study (TXFC), a vehicle through which students, descendants, & volunteers have documented 533 Black settlements. She leads the Mellon Foundation-funded Outsider Preservation Initiative, which extends The TXFC Project’s work throughout the US and Canada.

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This presentation is for:
:: Preservationists
:: Grassroots community advocates
:: Cultural workers,
:: Historians, and
:: Anyone interested in ethical community engagement and descendant-led preservation practices

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CEUs:
For those who need CEUs, you will be responsible for self-reporting your credits to your respective authority having jurisdiction over your license. For your records, please request a certificate in the event’s feedback form.
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Registration information is available at blackinhistpres.com/bihp-events

See link in bio + See you Saturday!
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09/18/2025

Join Black in Historic Preservation for a Virtual Member Talk:

Sat., October 4, 2025
11:15am - 12:30pm EST
“The Out(sider) Preservation Initiative: The Field Beyond Regulation and Lists”
by Dr. Andrea Roberts

About the Speaker:
Dr. Andrea Roberts is an Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning and director of the Center for Cultural Landscapes (CCL) at the University of Virginia.

She’s the founder of The Texas Freedom Colonies Project Atlas & Study (TXFC), a vehicle through which students, descendants, & volunteers have documented 533 Black settlements. She leads the Mellon Foundation-funded Outsider Preservation Initiative, which extends The TXFC Project’s work throughout the US and Canada.

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This presentation is for:
:: Preservationists
:: Grassroots community advocates
:: Cultural workers
:: Historians
:: Anyone interested in ethical community engagement and descendant-led preservation practices

…
CEUs:
For those who need CEUs, you will be responsible for self-reporting your credits to your respective authority having jurisdiction over your license. For your records, please request a certificate in the event’s feedback form.
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Registration information is available at blackinhistpres.com/bihp-events

See link in bio + See you Saturday!
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09/12/2025

Introduciiiiiiiiinnnnnngggg
Black in Historic Preservation’s
Preservation and Belonging Lab!

The mission of the lab is:

“To produce research that interrogates the status quo in the preservation enterprise and that supports a sense of belonging in the field.”

The Lab combines wrkSHap kiloWatt’s existing programs (Black in Historic Preservation, Beyond Integrity in (X), and (un)Redact the Facts), which center on belonging in preservation, into one comprehensive research lab.

Full press release available on blackinhistpres.com.

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Black in Historic Preservation (BiHP) is a program of , a Black woman-owned and operated historic preservation studio based in New York. Member and ally/co-conspirator supported—consider becoming a paid member/supporter, and/or posting opportunities in the Job Board, and thanks.

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Infographic Credit: k. kennedy Whiters
Video Credit:
Music Credit: Ms. Ross

05/28/2025

May is Preservation Month, and in the spirit of the month’s theme,
Join Black in Historic Preservation for the last Virtual Member Talk for May:

Sat., May 31, 2025
11:15am - 12:30pm EST
“The Black Grassroots Heritage Preservation Network”
by Marcus P. Smith
Founder, Black Grassroots Heritage Preservation Network
Ph.D. candidate in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and Public History Program at UMass Amherst

About the Speaker:
Marcus P. Smith is a Black Studies scholar, public historian, historical consultant, preservation advocate, and Ph.D. candidate in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and Public History Program at UMass Amherst. His work and research focus on the history of social movements and the preservation of Black cultural landscapes, communities, and historic sites.

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This presentation is for:
:: Anyone interested in grassroots preservation
:: Anyone interested in developing an initative
:: Students interested in an architecture and/or historic preservation / heritage conservation career
:: Preservation Professionals

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CEUs:
For those who need CEUs, you will be responsible for self-reporting your credits to your respective authority having jurisdiction over your license. For your records, please request a certificate in the event’s feedback form.
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Registration information is available at blackinhistpres/bihp-events
See link in bio + See you Saturday!
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05/14/2025

May is Preservation Month and in the spirit of the month’s theme
Join Black in Historic for two virtual Member Talks:

Sat., May 24, 2025
11:15am - 12:30pm EST
“Preserving Your Heritage Site: Tips for Working with an Architect / Development Team”
k. kennedy Whiters, RA
Founder + Program Director, Black in Historic Preservation
Owner, studio kW Architecture + Preservation

Sat., May 31, 2025
11:15am - 12:30pm EST
“The Black Grassroots Heritage Preservation Network”
Marcus P. Smith
Founder, Black Grassroots Heritage Preservation Network
Ph.D. candidate in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and Public History Program at UMass Amherst

Registration information is available at blackinhistpres/bihp-events
See link in bio + See you there!

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02/27/2025

Black in Historic Preservation (BiHP) Presents:
“Still in Love”: a Virtual Valentine’s Day + Black History Month Celebration for the Black Heritage Sites We Love
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Closing out our first of this series (shall we do it again?), is a love note to the preservationists – this one’s for you!

“To All the People Working to Preserve the African American Past,

African American history is vital to understanding U.S. history!!!

Thank you to all the professionals and volunteers who are working to protect and preserve the sites that tell this part of our national story.

We need you now more than ever.”

Signed, Anonymous Sleepless in Seattle
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As Jeffree sang, “Our Love’s Gonna Last,” for Black Heritage Sites, especially in times like this.

To keep that love going, this post includes a few resources on what you can do to keep the love going for Black Heritage Sites in the US. Thank you to Sarah Marsom () for sharing, in her latest e-news, links to calls to action from the following that appear in this post: National Council on Public History, American Alliances of Museums, Cultural Heritage Partners, Monica Rhodes, Brad White, and Dr. Jessica BrodeFrank.

Be kind to yourself and others.

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02/27/2025

Black in Historic Preservation (BiHP) Presents:
“Still in Love”: a Virtual Valentine’s Day + Black History Month Celebration for the Black Heritage Sites We Love
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Say hello to LaVilla Black MasonicTemple of Jacksonville, FL, as we listen to one of the more famous short-time residents of Jacksonville, who played in the Ritz Theatre in LaVilla for a year, Ray Charles.

Architect John Anderson Lankford, the first professionally licensed architect in Virginia (1922) and Washington, DC (1924), led the design of the Temple.

“Located in the neighborhood that gave birth to Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by the Johnson brothers, the LaVilla Masonic Temple is a testament to the prosperity, ingenuity, and excellence of the African American community in Jacksonville.

LaVilla dates to the end of the Civil War when U.S. Colored Troops settled a community after the war ended.

Completed in 1916, this Prairie-style building housed retail on the 1st floor, offices on the 2nd and 3rd floors, and the Masonic lodge on the upper floors.

It has been home to Black-owned businesses throughout the 20th century and is still owned by the Masons.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It has stood as a beacon in the LaVilla neighborhood since it was built.”

Signed, Adrienne Burke ()
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02/20/2025

Black in Historic Preservation (BiHP) Presents:
“Still in Love”: a Virtual Valentine’s Day + Black History Month Celebration for the Black Heritage Sites We Love

Swinging it back to the Midwest, to share a sweet sentiment about a beloved building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a little help from The Dells, of the singing dulcet harmonies kind, not the watersled Wisconsin Dells kind 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

Say hello to the Alonzo Robinson Jr.’s Central City Plaza …
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My Dearest Central City Plaza,

From the moment you rose in 1973, you were more than concrete and glass—you were a promise realized. Fourteen Black-owned businesses stood within you at a time when fewer than 1% of Wisconsin businesses were Black-owned. You were a symbol of self-determination, a place where opportunity flourished against the odds.

Alonzo Robinson, Jr., Wisconsin’s first registered Black architect, designed you with precision and purpose. Your clean lines and symmetry embodied New Formalism—classical yet modern, bold yet refined.

But today, you stand at risk. Yet, you are not forgotten. We will work to preserve your legacy.

With admiration,
A Grateful Witness

Submitted by Seth Ter Haar, Docomomo US/Wisconsin ()

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