Sponsor the Spring 2021 Americana Series Lecture
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Sponsor a not-to-be-missed virtual lecture hosted by Hamilton Hall. Gwendolyn Rosemond, Visiting Professor of English at Salem State University, will be presenting her Americana Series Lecture on April 18 at 6pm.
"19th Century Black Women Justice Seekers: Salem and Beyond”
Salem's Charlotte Forten and the Remond women were part of a movement of African-American women who laid groundwork for race uplift, and later took these words as their motto: "Lifting As We Climb." In her lecture, Professor Rosemond will look at our local contributors, some of their Boston sisters, and the national organization they fostered.
About Gwendolyn Rosemond
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Gwendolyn Rosemond earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Bowling Green State University of Ohio and has done doctoral study at Vanderbilt University and UMass-Boston. She came to Salem State College, now Salem State University, in 1977 as the Assistant Director, Minority Affairs and retired in 2002, having held positions of Associate and Assistant Dean in Academic Affairs. An adjunct professor of English, she teaches first year composition and African American Literature. In addition to Salem State, she has taught in the Cleveland, Ohio public schools, at Morris College (a historically black university in Sumter, South Carolina), at Harpswell Island School in Maine, and at Ohio University where she was the Director of the Black Resource Center.
Along with Salem State colleague, History Professor Emerita Dr. Joan Maloney, Professor Rosemond brought the Salem and Salem Normal School experiences of Charlotte Forten (SNS/SSU, 1856) into the forefront of university and North Shore history. Their co-authored article, To Educate the Heart, appeared in Sextant, The Journal of Salem State University.
Professor Rosemond’s article on Charlotte Hawkins Brown, another early Black graduate of Salem Normal School also appeared in Sextant. She is a writer, a storyteller, and performed the lead roles in Tituaba’s Tale, a play commemorating the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and in the inaugural production of “Letters from War” by Nate Bertone with Salem Theatre Company.
