Black Lives Next Door Symposium 2026
Students present groundbreaking local and digital scholarship projects, hosted by the Center for Mason Legacies and Department of African and African American Studies.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST
Fenwick Library, Main Reading Room
Hear graduate and undergraduate students present research that unravels complex, overlooked and often misunderstood stories of our region's past and talk about methods that combine archive digs, oral and community narratives, and digital investigation in the following projects.
“BLACK LIVES AND HORSE CULTURE: BREEDING, BRANDING, GROOMING, RACING IN MIDDLEBURG AND FAIRFAX” —Samantha Chevalier Chung
“ADDRESSING HISTORICAL GAPS: RESEARCHING AND DIGITIZING THE HISTORY OF THE SHILOH BAPTIST COMMUNITY”
—Jenaveve Quigley
“A COUNTY OF CONTRASTS: FAIRFAX COUNTY IN THE AGE OF SUBURBANIZATION”
—Jayme Kurland
“RELATION IS A METHOD: BLACK FREEDOM, FAMILY AND CONGREGATION” —Shemika Curvey
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