Threads of Democracy: Black History Month Book Talk

Join us for our second Book Talk of the Threads of Democracy Project, where we will feature Dr. Kelli Barnes discussion of themes from Betsy Ross and the Making of America, by Marla R. Miller.

Kelli Barnes is a scholar whose interests include 18th and 19th-century United States history, Black American girlhood, transatlantic material culture, interpretive planning, and exhibit design. She earned her Ph.D. in History and a graduate certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Delaware, where she was an African American Public Humanities Fellow.

This project was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov. We also want to acknowledge Arts Midwest, which is supporting the implementation of this grant project.