BECAUSE OF THEM…
Maya Angelou
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James Baldwin
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Barbara Jordan
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Malcolm X
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Audre Lorde
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Fannie Lou Hamer
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Pauli Murray
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Mary E. McCoy
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Elijah McCoy
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Howard Thurman
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Harriet Tubman
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Nina Simone
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Langston Hughes
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Paul Robeson
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Ida B. Wells
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Maya Angelou • James Baldwin • Barbara Jordan • Malcolm X • Audre Lorde • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Fannie Lou Hamer • Pauli Murray • Mary E. McCoy • Elijah McCoy • Howard Thurman • Harriet Tubman • Nina Simone • Langston Hughes • Paul Robeson • Ida B. Wells •
Historian.
Educator.
Innovator.
“History is not everything, but it is a starting point.”
Museums and libraries give life.
And they are my life. I am a library and museum practitioner with over twenty years experience in leading museums, libraries, and educational initiatives with forward-facing vision. As a public historian, I study late 19th and 20th century African American history with an interdisciplinary specialization in educational history.
My research interests include African American intellectual activism, race relations in interracial organizations, and the civil rights struggle in the North.
My academic and professional pursuits are centered on the notion that Black history is American history and it enriches the lives of all.
Latest Media Project
DeBardelaben Discusses Nat Turner on C-SPAN
LaNesha DeBardelaben gives opening reflections on the life of Nat Turner in a conversation with Turner’s great-great-great grandson, Bruce Turner. View HERE.
Latest Writing Project
DeBardelaben reflects on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
LaNesha DeBardelaben’s op ed 60 years of progress, and our unfinished journey toward justice appeared in the Seattle Times. Read it HERE.