Author / Historian
Encyclopedia Entries include:
"Mississippi,” Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
"Naomi Sims,” (fashion model/beautypreneur), Mississippi Encyclopedia
"Patrick Kelly,” (pioneering fashion designer), Mississippi Encyclopedia
"Meharry,”The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Vol. 24, Science & Medicine
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