⭐ Historian Dr. Alexandria Russell to Speak on Black Women’s Legacies in the American Revolution - Sept. 18, 2025

[Kim Irland]

*Historian Dr. Alexandria Russell to Speak on Black Women’s Legacies in the
American Revolution - September 18, 2025*
📌 *Cardinal Link Save the Date*: https://cglink.me/2us/r386967

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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The Clinton County America 250 Commission, in
partnership with SUNY Plattsburgh’s Office of Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion, will host historian Dr. Alexandria Russell for a public lecture
on Thursday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the Krinovitz Recital Hall,
Hawkins Hall, at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Dr. Russell will discuss the legacies of Black women during the American
Revolution and beyond. She is the author of *Black Women Legacies: Public
History Sites Seen and Unseen* (University of Illinois Press, 2024). She
recently began serving as executive director of the Boston Women’s Heritage
Trail and is a non-resident W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellow at
Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American
Research.

In addition, Dr. Russell is founder of Black Women Legacies, a nonprofit
organization that supports digitally mapping historic and contemporary
memorials of Black women across the globe. She completed her undergraduate
studies at the College of Charleston and earned her Ph.D. in history at the
University of South Carolina. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a
teacher and a Capitol Hill staffer.

This program is supported by the Clinton County America 250 Commission with
funding from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership. The
Commission is dedicated to commemorating the 250th anniversary of America
through speaker series, exhibits, and more. Upcoming events will include a
Battle of Valcour re-enactment in October 2026.

This event is free and open to the public. Dr. Russell’s book is available
at your local library through Clinton Essex Franklin Library Systems at
cefls.org. For more information, contact Connie Mandeville, 518-570-9589.

*KIM IRLAND *(she, her)
Title IX Coordinator
Interim Title VI Officer
kirla001 at plattsburgh.edu
title.ix at plattsburgh.edu
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