New Book to Michelle

On January 20, 2009, Michelle Obama became the 44th First Lady of the United States.  Unlike previous First Lady’s she is distinguished not only as the most educated First Lady but also as the first African American First Lady.  Her rise to this position was extraordinary... 

GTM Sisterhood Network Blog

Readers of Go, Tell Michelle, we invite you to visit our new Blog, for new stories on our activities with this exciting book. The Blog has current information about presentations, photos, reviews and comments about the book, along with feedback from our contributors and readers...

UQ 10th Anniversary

If you missed the celebration of the UQ Institute’s 10th anniversary on Feb. 22nd, 2009, you missed a wonderful program of music, a historical retrospective of the work of the Institute and readings by the contributors to “Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady”...

First Kiosk

On July 9th, 2009 we unveiled the first Uncrowned Community Builder’s kiosk.  The kiosk is a partially enclosed environment which could comfortably seat two or more people.  The idea is to allow individuals the opportunity to record their own histories - with a scanner, computer, camera, microphones and other technologies to assist them...

Institute/College Collaboration

Students enrolled in a St. John Fisher course Assume[d] the Position[s]:Re/is/uncovering Resistance & Resilience in the Black Female Body participated in a special project to identify and collect bios of Rochester area Uncrowned Queens. Assumed Positions refer to the myths and disfigured images that have often characterized Black women...

Book Award - ABWH

We learned on Sept. 2nd that “Go, Tell Michelle” was selected to receive the 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award in the category of edited volume.  This prestigious award is presented by the Association of Black Women Historians at their annual luncheon.  This year, Drs. Nevergold and Bertram, will also serve as keynote speakers...