Director, Division of Humanities and Criminology
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Director, Division of Humanities and Criminology
Community College
University of the District of Columbia
Contact Information
202-274-5297
Lamond-Riggs Campus
Dr. Sandra Jowers-Barber recently interviewed Dr. Elizabeth-Clark-Lewis on her
video series, The Historical Lens. Dr. Clark-Lewis, author of several books,
including Living In, Living Out and Freedom Bags, is the founder of the Afro-
American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) and the former director
of Public History at Howard University. The interview touched on widely ranging
topics that explore the rich history of blacks in America. Such topics as how
Blacks preserved and continue to find ways to preserve their history in often non-
traditional ways, form a rich contextual framework for the interview that is both
enlightening and entertaining. Such history also addresses present-day issues that
seek to undermine Blacks generational progress and upward mobility, while
diminishing the role that they have played in American history.
Use the link below to hear the interview.
Dr. Sandra Jowers-Barber is a historian and professor at the University of the
District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC), where she serves as director
of the Division of Humanities and Criminology. She specializes in African
American history, gender, disability, the African American Deaf community and
oral history and qualitative methodologies. She chairs the Historians Advisory
Board for the 51 Steps to Freedom Project, and is a founding board member of the
Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University.
She is the host of the UDC Forum on the UDC Cable TV Station and has
conducted oral histories of faculty to celebrate 150 years of UDC. Her research
focus and works in progress include researching and documenting the history of
the Black Deaf Community; and Signing in Black: The Narratives of African
American ASL Interpreters.
For further information, contact sjowers@udc.edu.
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