| Caucus | Convener |
|---|---|
| STEH | TBD |
| African American | Leslie Alexander |
| Women's & Gender | Barbara Cooper |
| Europe | Paul Hanebrink |
| American | David Greenberg |
| Latin America | Tatiana Seijas |
| Global/Comparative | TBD |
| Asian/Middle Eastern | Julia Stephens |
| Caucus | Convener |
|---|---|
| STEH | TBD |
| African American | Leslie Alexander |
| Women's & Gender | Barbara Cooper |
| Europe | Paul Hanebrink |
| American | David Greenberg |
| Latin America | Tatiana Seijas |
| Global/Comparative | TBD |
| Asian/Middle Eastern | Julia Stephens |
Kyra’s tips for new researchers:
“Have an organization system or spread sheet to keep up with all of your research so that nothing is lost!”I am a first year student interested in the ways African American women and children embodied freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods in the South. This summer I plan to explore digital archives and materials such as the Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal through the National Museum of African American History and Culture and digitized journals and newspaper articles written by relief workers like Charlotte Forten, Susie King Taylor, Harriet Jacobs, Laura Towne, and Elizabeth Botume. I hope to explore correspondence, complaint records, Teacher’s Monthly Reports, and descriptions of not only violence against Black people but what Black people were seeking out during these periods. Thankfully, my archives are extensive and digitized; however, this is both a large blessing and a challenge due to having to read through thousands of pages and transcribe information. Even so, this work is meaningful to me because I am eager to figure out in more detail what Black women and children’s freedom dreams were, along with the ways they chased after these dreams.
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