Biography
Education
Ph.D. & MA, History, Claremont Graduate School
Master of Arts in Theology, University of Notre Dame
Master of Arts in African American Studies, University of California at Los Angeles
Master of Arts in Public History, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Bachelors of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Prairie View A & M University (HBCU)
Academic Courses & Expertise
Classical African Civilization
African American History
Caribbean History
Post Graduate Education
Certificate, Oxford University, St. Antony's College
International Politics Summer School, 2010
Read: African Politics
Editorial Boards
Associate Editor, Anthropology of Consciousness, 2020 – Present
Associate Editor, The Sphinx, 2019 – Present
Selected Publications
Books:
Exegesis of Fitz Balintine Pettersburgh, The Royal Parchment Scroll of Black Supremacy & The Holy Piby: The Black Man's Bible, Robert Athlyi Rogers; Leonard Percival Howell's The Promised Key. (Orunmilla, 2017)
Articles in Books:
"Charles Gilpin," The Harlem Renaissance: An Encyclopedia of Arts, Culture, and History, Venetria K. Patton, et. al, editor (ABC-CLIO, 2019)
"Measuring Up to My Mentor's Standards," in Tia C. M. Tyree & Christopher D. Cathcart, ed., HBCU Experience: The Book: HBCU Experience - A Collection of Essays Celebrating the Black College Experience, (Xilbris, LLC, 2014), 65-67.
"Lester O. Bankhead," in Biographical Dictionary of African American Architects, Drake Wilson, ed., (New York: Routledge Press, 2004).
Journal Articles:
"Rethinking Garveyism as Religion: Ritual Symbolism & the UNIA Negro Ritual and Negro Catechism," The Journal of Africana Religions, Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer 2020.
"The UNIA-ACL Negro Ritual and Negro Catechism," 76 King Street, The Journal of Liberty Hall: The Legacy of Marcus Garvey, Volume 3, 2017.
Book Reviews:
Aram Goudsouzian and Charles W. McKinney, Jr.'s edited volume, An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee, The Journal of African American History, Volume 106, Issue 2, 2021.
Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism, Thomas Brothers, The Journal of African American History," Volume 102, No. 1, Winter, 2017, 113.
Fighting Jim Crow: In the County of Kings: the Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn, Brian Purnell, The Journal of African American History, Volume 102, No. 2, Spring, 2017, 273.
Civil Rights Music: The Soundtracks of the Civil Rights Movement, Reiland Rabaka, The Journal of African American History (Forthcoming, Volume 104, 2017)
Digital Humanities and Online Publications
The BlackPast.org The world's leading on-line repository of African American history and culture. Editor, Quintard Taylor, Professor, University of Washington.
Articles:
"African American U.S. Envoys, Diplomatic Ministers, and Ambassadors Since 1869" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2015), "Theodore R. Britton, Jr."
"African American U.S. Envoys, Diplomatic Ministers, and Ambassadors Since 1869" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2015), "Irvin Hicks, Sr."
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2013): "Irvin Hicks,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2013): "Cornel West,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2012): "St. Clair Drake,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2011): "Eugene Kinkle Jones,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2011): "Abram Harris, Jr.,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2011): " Ernest Everett Just."
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2010): "John Henrik Clark,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2010): "Pearl Cleage,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2009): "J. Saunders Redding,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2009): "Josiah Thomas Walls,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2009): "Andrew Young,"
"African American History: Vignettes of Significant People and Places in African American History" (Seattle: University of Washington, 2009): "Lester Oliver Bankhead,"
Community Public History and Historic Preservation Projects
Project: City of Ontario Historic Resource Survey. Client: Planning Department, City of Ontario, Location: Ontario, California, USA, Description: Historic Resource Survey and development future preservation ordinance.
Project: Central Avenue Historic Resource Survey – Jazz Study, Client: Dunbar Economic Development Corporation, Location: Los Angeles, California, USA, Description: Historic Resource Survey of Jazz Clubs.
Project: Civil Rights Teaching Project, Client: Moulin Rouge Development Corporation/Wells Fargo, Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Description: Wrote and received grant on behalf of MRDC for African American outreach history program.
Project: 28th Street Historic Resource Survey, Client: Los Angeles City Council Offices, Location: Central Avenue District, Los Angeles, California, USA, Description: Historic resource survey.
Project: Portuguese Dairy Goat Farmers, Client: City of Ontario, Location: Ontario, California, USA, Description: Conducted audio & visual interviews of dairy goat farmers
Project: City of San Fernando Oral History Project, Client: City of San Fernando, Location: San Fernando, California, USA, Description: Conducted audio & visual interviews of the community.
Project: Moulin Rouge Oral History Project, Client: Moulin Rouge Development Corporation, Location: North Las Vegas, Description: Oral history interviews of employees, guests, clients of Moulin Rouge Hotel.
Research Skills
Oral History & Digital Humanities
Awards & Accomplishments
University of Chicago Research Collections Traveling Research Award, 2012
Claremont Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-2005
John McGuire Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, 2002-2003
Outstanding Military Historian, U.S. Army Reserves, Long Beach State University, 1997.
Who's Who in America, 1989.
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1983.
Joseph York Service to Community Award, 1983.