Dr. Pearl Tang: Path Breaker in Public Health with Mary Melcher

Suprise City Hall, Council Chambers 16000 N Civic Center Plaza, Surprise, AZ

In 1960, Dr. Pearl Mao Tang became chief of the Maricopa County Bureau of Maternal and Child Health. A Chinese American, who had fought to obtain a medical license in […]

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By the Time They Came – African American Men of Arizona with Akua Duku Anokye

Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library: Downtown Branch Community Room 300 W Aspen Ave, Flagstaff, AZ

In this presentation, Dr. Anokye, explores the untold stories and accomplishments of African American men in Arizona. Dr. Anokye focuses on identifying the common threads of the African American community […]

Arizona’s Vintage Signs: Lighting the Future with Marshall Shore

Burton Barr Central Library 1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION Arizona has become a hotbed of preserving vintage signage and neon. No wonder, with the rise of Arizona and automobile travel in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Thousands […]

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Being Human in the Anthropocene with Matthew Goodwin

Copper Queen Library 6 Main St., Bisbee, AZ, United States

The Anthropocene is the name scientists have proposed for the geological epoch that we are currently in, when humans have become a significant driving force shaping Earth’s climate, ecosystems, and […]

LGBT+: A History in Arizona with Marshall Shore

Tohono Chul Park 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, Tucson, AZ, United States

Arizona’s history of the LGBT+ community begins long before Arizona was a state with the Native American belief of two-spirits and continues through to the seismic shift of Civil Union/ […]

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