On Tuesday, April 2 at NAU’s DuBois Center for a conversation on the future of our favorite desert city. We’ll discuss how our social structures may buckle due to climate change and how public policy may alleviate this crisis. Check it out!
Steve Schumacher, the Phoenix Mayor’s Office official historian, sought my expertise for a documentary series on the history of Phoenix. Check it out!
I will be joined by Dr. Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth and Dr. Martin Tease to present our scholarship on Black and Indigenous voices, experiences, and histories in Phoenix, Arizona. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Katsu Oi. Check it out!
I met with Katrina Michalak from the Arizona Republic to discuss the life and times of Annie Watkins on the Valley 101 podcast in honor of Women’s History Month. Check out the “Herstory” below!
Allison Rodriguez of 12News asked me about the Booker T. Washington Memorial Hospital – the biggest “Colored” hospital in Arizona – and how it’s proprietors laid a foundation for equitable access to healthcare in Arizona. Check it out!
This Spring, I had an opportunity to help curate an exhibit at the ASU Art Museum with pieces from the George Floyd Global Memorial in Minneapolis. It was powerful to see how the pieces we selected organized into an exhibit.
“In contrast to traditional monuments, “Twin Flames” is a powerful, community-led exhibition that showcases a selection of the thousands of offerings laid by mourners and protesters at George Floyd Square, collected by a group of community caretakers and cataloged by the George Floyd Global Memorial team. This exhibition recognizes that creative and artistic expressions of pain and hope exist beyond the walls of museums, in all forms and a myriad of cultural expressions, and that George Floyd Square is a public space that can teach us how to mobilize as we mourn victims of police violence and imagine a more just world.” Come check it out! It means a lot to the Valley.
This lecture explores the working-class, white-ethnic enclave of Kensington
in Philadelphia, PA to examine the capabilities and limitations of the 1970’s Neighborhood Preservation urban planning movement. Check it out!
On Wednesday, November 8, at 11:30am , I’ll be presenting my talk, “Inspired by the Past, a Vision for the Future,” about the history of the African American community in Tempe at the Tempe History Museum. Check it out!
Lauren Gilger, a reporter with KJZZ in Phoenix, interviewed me about Grand Canyon University and its historic relationship with the West Valley to better understand their role in evictions at a nearby mobile home park. Check it out!
Daniel Gonzalez, a Pulitzer-Prize winning Race, Equity and Opportunity Reporter with the Arizona Republic, sought my expertise to explain the history of Juneteenth in Arizona. Also, I joined Clottee Hammons for a fantastic photo shoot to celebrate Juneteenth on AZCentral. Check it out!
Anthony Pratcher II, Ph. D. 