National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Black (African-American) History Month. Presenter. "Herstory: Civil Rights (and Wrongs) at Home and Abroad." Raleigh, North Carolina. February 2014.
"Demonstrating her talent as a dynamic storyteller, deGregory's interwoven stories illustrated how the civil rights movement in America influenced the revolution in the Bahamas during the 1950s and 1960s." - Kimberly Cannady, NIEHS "Environmental Factor"
Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources' K-12 Black History Month Workshop. Presenter. "Intersections of Black and Latin America: Many Movements, One People." Center for Latin American Studies. Co-sponsored by Middle Tennessee State University. Nashville, Tennessee. February 2014.
Mr. Tennessee State and the Student Government Association. Presenter. “A Moment in Black History: Recognizing the Central Role of African Americans.” Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee. February 2014.
HBCU All-Star Weekend. Panelist. “The Blacker the College, The Sweeter the Knowledge.” Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. November 2013.
NPT's “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” Teacher's Workshop. Presenter. “Slavery, the “un” Civil War and Reconstruction.” Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee. November 2013.
This session explored the contemporary memorialization of several Civil War era themes. As the nation celebrates the Civil War sesquicentennial, the American imagination has been captivated with the personalities, sites and stories of the war. Similarly, historians have revived age-old debates about the motivations for and implications of the conflict as well as evaluations of the success and failures of Reconstruction.
2013 History of Education Society Annual Meeting. Presenter. "If These Walls Could Talk: A Talk and Tour of the Fisk University Campus." Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. November 2013.
Southern Festival of Books. Moderator. “The New York Times: Disunion: Modern Historians Revisit and Reconsider the War from Lincoln's Election to the Emancipation Proclamation.” Drs. Kenneth W. Noe, Daniel Sharfstein and Minoa Uffelman. Nashville, Tennessee. October 2013.
AT&T Nation's Classic Presidential Symposium at Howard University. Panelist. "Keepers of the Culture." Dr. Bryant Marks, Jeff Burns, Jr., Franchell "Frenchie" Davis, Chris Washington and Ralph Remington. Washington, D.C. September 2013.
National HBCU Media Week Hosted by Jackson State University. Presenter. “The Art of HBCU Storytelling.” June 2013.
Inaugural HBCU story Symposium. Convener. Nashville, Tennessee. April 2013.
Sought and secured partnerships with Nashville Public Library and Nashville Public Library Foundation; secured sponsorships with Paul Quinn College, HBCU Digest, The HBCU Nation, HBCU Career Center and Living Your Best Life Radio; organized inaugural meeting of scholarly research and case studies outlining the historic and contemporary value of historically black colleges and universities; the symposium was the first conference of its kind to convene expert voices in areas of history, information science, fundraising, partnerships, LBGTQ studies, athletics and wellness. 100+ attendees and 400+ guests watching live online streaming.
Nashville Public Library (Main Branch). Moderator. “Separate Can Never Be Equal.” Nashville, Tennessee. February 2012.
31st Annual Conference on African American History & Culture. Presenter with Learotha Williams, Jr., Ph.D. “Service, Scholarship and Steppin’: An Exploration of Black Greek Lettered Organizations at Tennessee State University.” Nashville, Tennessee. February 2012.
Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. Presenter. “Before Black Athens: Black Education in Antebellum Nashville.” Richmond, Virginia. October 2011.
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