About the Project
The experience of a Black student at Peabody College is often described as isolating. However, the contributions of Black Peabody – the Black students, faculty, and staff who lived, learned, and worked on the land that is home to Peabody College – are a valuable and integral part of Peabody’s history. It is imperative to center their stories and celebrate their contributions and accomplishments; the Black Peabody Museum aims to do just that. Students in this fellowship worked with an interdisciplinary and collaborative team that includes students, faculty, staff, and alumni from the Peabody community, as well as representatives from the Cohen Fine Arts Gallery and the broader Nashville community to help create the Black Peabody Museum. This project renders Black Peabody visible to the College and the larger University community by centering the experiences, contributions, and accomplishment of Black Peabody students, faculty, staff. Fellows reviewed University archival materials and Nashville community archives; conducted interviews with Black Peabody faculty, students, staff, and alumni, as well as Nashville historians, to construct the stories of Black Peabody; and participated in the Museum's story design and exhibit construction. The history of Black Peabody has not been told. As Vanderbilt reflects on its sesquicentennial anniversary, Black Peabody’s experiences, contributions, and accomplishments should be included.
Mentors
Tiffeni Fontno; Valencia Clement; Hasina Mohyuddin; Eliza Blades
Fellows
Souadou Barry; Keezia Dotimas
Project
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