{"667601":{"#nid":"667601","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Randolph Curates Black Feminist Exhibit for National Women\u2019s History Museum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESherie Randolph, a historian of \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/black-feminist-theory\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eblack feminism\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eand associate professor in the School of History and Sociology, has curated the first-ever physical exhibit for the National Women\u2019s History Museum in Washington. Although the museum has hosted many online exhibits since it was founded in 1996, Randolph\u2019s is the first that visitors can explore in person.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe interactive display, titled \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.womenshistory.org\/black-feminist-dc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWe Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, focuses on \u201cthe stories and voices of Black feminist organizers and theorists \u2014 including Anna Julia Cooper, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mary Treadwell, and Nkenge Tour\u00e9 \u2014 whose expansive work made a difference in the lives of Black women in their Washington, D.C., communities and for all people throughout the United States,\u201d according to the museum website. It will run through Fall 2024 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERandolph worked with co-curator Kendra Taira Field, an associate professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts University, to create the exhibit. Students in Randolph\u2019s HTS 3803 Black Feminism class also played an integral role in developing ideas and research, she said, adding: \u201cIt was great learning about Black feminism through their eyes.\u0022\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESkylar Edwards, a student in Randolph\u0027s class, shared videos of the opening night, highlighting the interactive wall she and her classmates helped create, where visitors flip through words to fill out their vision for the future.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0022I was in awe of the accomplishments of the diverse group of women included in the exhibit,\u0022 said Jendayia Taylor, another student in Randolph\u0027s course.\u0026nbsp;\u0022I hope it empowers others in the same way it empowers me.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/04\/07\/black-feminist-exhibit-washington\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ean article in the Washington Post\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Randolph explained why sharing the story of these Black feminists is so important.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEven in mainstream (read: White) feminism, Randolph says, \u201cBlack women\u2019s blueprint is sometimes wiped away.\u201d But \u201cthat doesn\u2019t mean that you don\u2019t keep working\u201d toward ending all oppression. \u201cYou keep pushing the ball up the hill,\u201d she continues. \u201cAt times, the ball falls back down, but at times they get somewhere. We don\u2019t want to forget where they\u2019re going.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor more:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/04\/07\/black-feminist-exhibit-washington\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENew Exhibit Spotlights the Impact of Black Feminists in Washington\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/03\/30\/dc-black-feminists-murray-ross-terrell\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThese mothers of Black feminism had one big thing in common \u2014 D.C.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/travel\/destinations\/dmv-destinations\/exhibit-dc-black-feminists-contributions-national-policy-to-open-mlk-library\/65-83791f0f-d5ea-4f72-afb5-416e773fbdfa\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWatch Randolph\u2019s segment on WUSA-TV\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe interactive display, titled We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC, focuses on \u201cthe stories and voices of Black feminist organizers and theorists.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The interactive display, titled We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC, focuses on \u201cthe stories and voices of Black feminist organizers and theorists.\u0022"}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2023-05-02 13:59:24","changed_gmt":"2023-05-08 14:20:44","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670708":{"id":"670708","type":"image","title":"Randolph and students from her Black feminist thought class at the opening of her exhibit in Washington, D.C.","body":null,"created":"1683035568","gmt_created":"2023-05-02 13:52:48","changed":"1683035694","gmt_changed":"2023-05-02 13:54:54","alt":"Randolph and students from her Black feminist thought class at the opening of her exhibit in Washington, D.C.","file":{"fid":"253620","name":"pics (2).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/02\/pics%20%282%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/02\/pics%20%282%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2001259,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/02\/pics%20%282%29.png?itok=EOkXiO3B"}}},"media_ids":["670708"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edi.minardi@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dminardi3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}