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Cheryl E. Mango is Assistant Professor of History at Virginia State University
and completed her PhD in History at Morgan State University. Her research and
teaching interests include American Presidents’ relationships with Historically
Black Colleges and Universities; social media’s role in framing the Black
experience; public/archival history; and African American, African Diasporic, and
twentieth-century U.S. History.
Nicola F. Mason is Associate Professor of Music Education in the Department of
Curriculum & Instruction at Eastern Kentucky University, where she teaches
courses in integrating music in the elementary classroom, African children's
music, and cultural competence. Originally from South Africa, Dr. Mason received
her PhD from the University of Kentucky.
Kevin G. McQueeney completed his PhD in History at Georgetown University
and is a Visiting Scholar at the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, University
of New Orleans. His scholarship focuses on the rise and perpetuation of
apartheid healthcare in New Orleans, racial health disparities, and Black health
activism.
Leroy Myers Jr. is a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Oklahoma.
His interests include African American migration and African-Native American
relations in the Trans-Mississippi West and Southeast. His research focuses on
Black Southern migration throughout Indian Territory and Oklahoma during the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Norman W. Powell is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies in the College of Education at Eastern Kentucky University. He completed
his Ed. D. in Special Education at the American University. Dr. Powell is active in
equity, inclusion, and diversity efforts, including his role as a founding member
of African and African American Studies at EKU.