2025 Archie Motley Intern Presentations - August 13, 2025

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium invites you to presentations by Archie Motley Archival Interns on the work they have done in member collections this summer.

Tukesha Hill, a 2025 graduate of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) who has been interning at the Chicago History Museum, will present on her work with the archival materials of Zebina Eastman, in a talk entitled “Echoes of Freedom: Zebina Eastman’s Archive and the Voices of Liberation." Tukesha will discuss how the collection highlights the grassroots organizing and anti-slavery advocacy that shaped Chicago and national movements and how archives can focus on making this history more accessible to African American communities and people outside of academia.

Jahiem Brown, a rising sophomore at Depaul University who has been interning at Northwestern University, working with the Archivist of the Black experience there to create a digital exhibition using materials found in the Katherine Flowers Papers, a collection of documents that belonged to and referenced dancer/choreographer Katherine Flowers. Jahiem will discuss his work creating the exhibition and his overall experience learning about the work of archives and archivists.

Join us on Zoom on August 13, 2025 at 11 am CST
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