History Research
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I love using historical documents to tell stories of urban history. I especially love digging through newspaper archives as a journalist, finding breaking news of the past. I was formally trained in academic archival research at Wayne State University and worked in the Walter P. Reuther library, the largest labor archive in North America, for nearly two years.
History Headlines • Outlier Media
History Headlines • Outlier Media
I used newspaper archives to promote "history headlines" in Outlier's daily newsletter. I included news from a variety of sources: Legacy outlets like the Detroit Free Press, activist publications like the Inner City Voice and the Fifth Estate, and Black newspapers like the Michigan Chronicle.
Rewind • Outlier Media
Rewind • Outlier Media
I also used newspaper archives to teach readers about public safety history in Detroit for my rewind column with Outlier Media. I’ve covered a variety of topics including:
The Detroit Police Officer Association's 30 year fight against police residency requirements.
How a legacy of racism in swimming recreation led to a fleet of portable swimming pools in Detroit.
The 10 year Michigan legislature battle to require photo IDs to vote.
Chalkbeat Detroit
Chalkbeat Detroit
As an intern for Chalkbeat Detroit, I helped contribute to their coverage about the 50th anniversary of the Milliken v Bradley case. Here, I helped:
Conduct archival and newspaper research.
Find and interview residents who experienced busing in the 1970s.
Interview current parents of DPSCD students about their thoughts about school segregation.
Academic Research
Academic Research
In 2023, I received an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program grant from Wayne State University to complete an academic research project about abolitionist movements and early Black settlement in two rural midwest communities: Salem Township, Michigan and Vermilion County, Illinois. I found that underlying racism in abolitionist movements impacted how well predominantly white communities accepted (or did not accept) Black settlers. I presented this research at the Warrior Scholars conference at Wayne State University and the Political Science Research Symposium at Oakland University.
I wrote about my experience for Wayne State's history department newsletter published in fall 2024.
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