A New Chapter
Historian.
Educator.
Innovator.
I am LaNesha McCoy — a public historian and museum & library executive advancing African American history with the conviction that Black history is American history.
Because of them…
“History is not everything, but it is a starting point.”
— John Henrik Clarke
Malcolm X ·
Audre Lorde ·
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ·
Fannie Lou Hamer ·
James Baldwin ·
Barbara Jordan ·
Fannie Lou Hamer ·
Pauli Murray ·
Maya Angelou ·
Malcolm X · Audre Lorde · Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. · Fannie Lou Hamer · James Baldwin · Barbara Jordan · Fannie Lou Hamer · Pauli Murray · Maya Angelou ·
A Brief Introduction
Museums and libraries give life.
I am a library and museum practitioner with over twenty years of experience 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 long civil rights struggle in the North.
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Latest Projects
Work, words, and witness.
Latest Media
DeBardelaben Discusses Nat Turner on C-SPAN
Opening reflections on the life of Nat Turner in conversation with his great-great-great grandson, Bruce Turner.
Latest Writing
60 Years of Progress, and an Unfinished Journey Toward Justice
Reflections in the Seattle Times on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.