Curated Conversations: Bertha Boykin Todd
Black On Black Project's Curated Conversations (EP 23)
In this episode of Curated Conversations, author, educator and community strategist Bertha Boykin Todd joins consultant and Black On Black Project founder Michael S. Williams for a discussion about her life as an educator and her latest book, Reflections on a Massacre and a Coup.
This live event — in partnership with Carolina K-12, North Caroliniana Society and the North Carolina Museum of Art — took place inside the media center at Williston Middle School in Wilmington, NC. Williston is where Todd began her career in education in 1952. At that time, it was Williston Industrial High School.
Todd, a retired New Hanover County school administrator, shared how community members came together in the mid-1990s to grapple with the events of 1898 in Wilmington. In Reflections, she recounts how the centennial commemoration unfolded, eventually leading to the creation of 1898 Memorial Park in 2008.
The event was in association with Lost in Transition, an art exhibition in Wilmington that celebrated the history of Black educators in the Port City, in which Todd is also featured. Artwork in the exhibition included charcoal portraits by Durham-based artist Alexandria P. Clay and a performance by theater students at UNC-Wilmington. The Lost in Transition project was curated by Williams. Learn more at https://lostintransition.art.