Reserve your place for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s September 19 African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Conversation Series: Architecture & Identity. Click here to register for the webinar.

Black Modernism, the adaptation and influence of the Black American experience in modern architecture and design, has been vastly undervalued and under-researched. However, the works of Black American architects and their design contributions are still present and visible today. Join curator and scholar Dr. Michelle Wilkinson for a discussion with architects, preservationists, and historians on the challenges and opportunities of stewarding and interpreting Black Modernism and the cultural significance of Black American architects.

This conversation is part of the Action Fund's Conversation Series, which will rebroadcast critical dialogues from the Cultural Preservation Leadership Summit held at the Ford Foundation's Center for Social Justice in New York City throughout 2024.

Speakers: Moderator: Dr. Michelle Wilkinson, Museum Curator, National Museum of African American History & Culture; Panelists Gail Kennard, President, Kennard Design Group; Dr. Charles L. Davis, II, Associate Professor of Architectural History and Criticism, University of Texas at Austin; Nakita Reed, Senior Associate, Quinn Evans Architects; Dale Green, Professor of Architecture & Historic Preservation, Morgan State University