UPCOMING EVENTS

Busboys and Poets
14th Street and V, Washington D.C.
October 9, 2024

Red Emma’s Bookstore
Baltimore, MD
October 10, 2023

Atlanta History Center
Atlanta, GA
October 21, 2024

UNC Center for the Study of the American South
Chapel Hill, NC
October 24, 2024

Mississippi Department of Archives and History
History is Lunch
October 30, 2024

Monmouth University Interdisciplinary Conference on Race
West Long Branch, NY
November 8, 2024

PAST EVENTS

Niemeyer Lecture
Bank Street School of Graduate Education
May 16, 2024

2024 Phyllis Kossoff Lecture on Public Policy and Education
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 18, 2024

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Wellesley College
April 4, 2024

“Black Teachers, Pink Slips, and Antiracist Education During the Civil Rights Era”
Cultivate Learning at the University of Washington
February 2, 2024

“From Slavery to Freedom: From Durham to the World, Commemorating More than Three-Quarters of a Century of Publication”
Duke University
October 24-25, 2023

2023 NEH K-12 Summer Institute
CDF/Haley Farm, Knoxville, TN
June 26, 2023

Duke University Alumnae Authors Book Discussion Series
Virtual via Zoom
February 9, 2022

Samuel Dewitt Proctor Distinguished Lecture
Rutgers University Proctor Institute Center for Minority Serving Institutions
October 28, 2021

31 Annual Earlie Thorpe Memorial Lecture
North Carolina Central University
October 24, 2021

2021 Brandeis University Education Program Speaker Series
Waltham, MA
March 15, 2021

2021 History is Lunch Speaker Series
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
April 21, 2021

2021 Brandeis University Education Program Speaker Series
Waltham, MA
March 15, 2021

2021 Black History Month Lecture
Cary Academy
February 24, 2021

PITT Early Childhood Center Lecture
University of Pittsburgh
February 16, 2021

2021 Martin Luther King University Commemoration
University of Montana
January 14, 2021

2020 Cultivate Learning Distinguished Lecture at the UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, WA
AUGUST 17, 2020

PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURE
PHILADELPHIA, PA
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE
CLINTON, SC
FEBRUARY 28, 2018

ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN HISTORIANS NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
LOS ANGELES, CA
DECEMBER 7-8, 2018

STATE COLLEGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
STATE COLLEGE, PA
OCTOBER 28, 2018

PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY LUNCHEON
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.) GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ST. LOUIS, MO
JUNE 14, 2018

AMHERST COLLEGE
AMHERST, MA
FEBRUARY 21, 2018

ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
ELIZABETH CITY, NC
FEBRUARY 18, 2018

SAINT AUGUSTINE'S UNIVERSITY LYCEUM SERIES
RALEIGH, NC
NOVEMBER 16, 2017

UNIVERSITY BAPTIST AND BRETHREN CHURCH
STATE COLLEGE, PA
OCTOBER 8, 2017

NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION FALL INSTITUTE
CHEVY CHASE, MD
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS ANNUAL MEETING
New Orleans, LA
April 6-9, 2017

DELTA ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, STARKVILLE, MS
APRIL 3-5, 2017

NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM (MEMPHIS, TN)
MARCH 16, 2017

TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK, NY)
JANUARY 30, 2017

CONVERSATIONS IN BLACK FREEDOM STUDIES
SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE (NEW YORK, NY)
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
6 PM

MISSISSIPPI BOOK FESTIVAL (JACKSON, MS)
AUGUST 20, 2016
1:30 PM EST

BOOK TALK AND SIGNING AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF JOHNSTON COUNTY AND SMITHFIELD, NC
AUGUST 4, 2016
6:30 PM

JUNE 21, 2016
BOOK TALK & SIGNING: A CHANCE FOR CHANGE: HEAD START AND MISSISSIPPI'S BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE
LOCATION: THE POTTER'S HOUSE
ADDRESS: 1658 COLUMBIA RD NW, WASHINGTON DC, 20009
TIME: 7 PM

JUNE 14, 2016
BOOK TALK & SIGNING: A CHANCE FOR CHANGE: HEAD START AND MISSISSIPPI'S BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE
LOCATION: CHARIS BOOK STORE
ADDRESS: 1189 EUCLID AVENUE NE, ATLANTA, GA 30307
TIME: 7:30 PM

JUNE 4, 2016
SPEAKER AT THE CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND FREEDOM SCHOOL TRAINING
KNOXVILLE, TN

CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND, KNOXVILLE, TN - JUNE 5, 2016

CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND, KNOXVILLE, TN - JUNE 5, 2016

MAY 10, 2016
DR. CRYSTAL SANDERS READS AT THE REGULATOR BOOKSHOP IN DURHAM AT 7 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016
THE REGULATOR BOOKSHOP
WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.REGULATORBOOKSHOP.COM/
ADDRESS: 720 9TH ST, DURHAM, NC 27705

regulator, Durham, nc may 10, 2016

regulator, Durham, nc may 10, 2016

MAY 9, 2016
BOOK TALK & SIGNING: A CHANCE FOR CHANGE: HEAD START AND MISSISSIPPI'S BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE
STANFORD WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY
DURHAM, NC
1PM

STANFORD WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY, DURHAM, NC MAY 9, 2016

STANFORD WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY, DURHAM, NC MAY 9, 2016

MAY 04, 2016
DR. CRYSTAL SANDERS WAS INTERVIEWED  BY FRANK STASIO ON THE WUNC RADIO SHOW 'THE STATE OF THINGS' ON MAY 04, 2016
HOST FRANK STASIO TALKS WITH SANDERS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CLIMATE OF MISSISSIPPI IN THE 1960S. 'A CHANCE FOR CHANGE' EXAMINES VOTING RIGHTS AND EDUCATION IN MISSISSIPPI
'THE STATE OF THINGS' ON MAY 04, 2016

APRIL 22, 2016
DR. CRYSTAL SANDERS WAS INTERVIEWED  ON THE BBC WOMAN'S HOUR SHOW ON APRIL 22, 2016
“US TREASURY SECRETARY JACOB J. LEW HAS PROPOSED REPLACING THE SLAVEHOLDING ANDREW JACKSON ON THE $20 BILL WITH HARRIET TUBMAN, THE FORMER SLAVE AND ABOLITIONIST. CRYSTAL SANDERS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN HISTORY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA JOINS JENNI TO TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOVE”  
BBC RADIO WOMEN'S HOUR, April 22, 2016 (START AT THE 21:48 MARK)

APRIL 20, 2016
BOOK TALK & SIGNING
BARNES & NOBLE AT STATE COLLEGE, PA APRIL 20, 2016 AT 6:30 PM
"HEAD START AND MISSISSIPPI'S BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE"

APRIL 12, 2016
AFRICANA SPRING 2016 LECTURE, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
"COOKIES, CRAYONS, AND BLACK POWER: HEAD START IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE"
ASP SPRING 2016 LECTURE-SANDERS

BBC RADIO WOMEN'S HOUR, NOVEMBER 27, 2015
HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/PROGRAMMES/B06PZ1YQ (START AT THE 09:00 MARK)

THE GLOBAL AFRICAN, JUNE 27, 2015
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=ZLOQJDFKXFU (START AT THE 15:20 MARK