Educator, Storyteller to Speak at UPB
Roland C. Barksdale-Hall, an educator, author and storyteller, will speak at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on Monday, Feb. 15, as part of Black History Month.
Barksdale-Hall, who has been researching the black family for more than 20 years, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Mukaiyama University Room in the Frame-Westerberg Commons. The event is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Student Activities Council.
Barksdale-Hall teaches public speaking, history and critical thinking at Butler County Community College in the dual high school/college program. He is also president and co-founder of JAH Kente International Inc., which promotes the arts in churches, libraries and schools through the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. He is also the founder of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Pittsburgh and was a former executive director. He has traveled to West Africa, and his research resulted in the Millennium Family Reunion in Detroit, which brought together more than 300 descendants of enslaved African ancestors.
He is the author of the best seller “The African-American Family’s Guide to Tracing Our Roots: Healing, Understanding & Restoring Our Families.” He has also written children’s books, including “Under African Skies,” the first book in the Stories by Brother Barksdale Series, which aim to teach lessons from the folklore of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Barksdale-Hall holds three master’s degrees, in public history and leadership from Duquesne University, and library science from the University of Pittsburgh. In 2009, he was awarded the Black, Gold and Black: Color of Achievement Award from the University of Pittsburgh.
Barksdale-Hall, who has been researching the black family for more than 20 years, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Mukaiyama University Room in the Frame-Westerberg Commons. The event is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Student Activities Council.
Barksdale-Hall teaches public speaking, history and critical thinking at Butler County Community College in the dual high school/college program. He is also president and co-founder of JAH Kente International Inc., which promotes the arts in churches, libraries and schools through the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. He is also the founder of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Pittsburgh and was a former executive director. He has traveled to West Africa, and his research resulted in the Millennium Family Reunion in Detroit, which brought together more than 300 descendants of enslaved African ancestors.
He is the author of the best seller “The African-American Family’s Guide to Tracing Our Roots: Healing, Understanding & Restoring Our Families.” He has also written children’s books, including “Under African Skies,” the first book in the Stories by Brother Barksdale Series, which aim to teach lessons from the folklore of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Barksdale-Hall holds three master’s degrees, in public history and leadership from Duquesne University, and library science from the University of Pittsburgh. In 2009, he was awarded the Black, Gold and Black: Color of Achievement Award from the University of Pittsburgh.
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