Holtzclaw Institute @ Hinds-Utica

The Hinds NEH team on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Apryl, Sharon and Jean marching across the bridge.

The Lowndes Interpretative Center tells the story of the Selma to Montgomery march and is constructed on the site of the Tent City that sprung up after white landowners kicked the marchers off their property.

Our summer workshop got off to a great start this week with our drive down to Tuskegee. We stopped in Selma and had a chance to walk over the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge. The Interpretative Center in Lowndes was a highlight of the drive. The well-designed exhibits chronicle the march and the tent city in a powerful way. Our goals for this week’s seminar are to plan the humanities course in the fall and to research the Washington-Holtzclaw connection in the Tuskegee Archives.

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As part of the grant, we are bringing in visiting scholars to work with our team to help develop our course materials and background. Our first two visiting scholars are Dr. William Andrews from UNC-Chapel Hill and Dr. Kristi Melancon from Mississippi College.

Visiting the Holtzclaw cemetery on campus

Kristi, Jean, Dan, and Bill at the original site of the Holtzclaw Institute.

Kristi sharing information on the Black press with the team

Part of the seminar was held outdoors under the historic bell tower

Bill provided an introductory lecture on autobiography

Ivie breaking down chapter 1

Dan discussing Smethurst’s cover image

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