More than A Month Black History Series V
MLK Day and Black History Month will be upon us before you know it. Give the gift of deeper, more sustained learning and dialogue, by registering for this timely 10-week "masterclass." Maya Angelou once said "when you know better, you do better." Let us know and do better together!
Weekly Beginning January 21, 2023
10:00am to 12:00pm (MST - Arizona Time)
An Online Zoom Webinar Course
Certificates of completion for professional and personal development will be bestowed upon everyone who finishes all 10 sessions.
Led by award-winning historian,and certified diversity, equity, inclusion leader, and motivational speaker, Matthew C. Whitaker, Ph.D.
Learn what you have always wanted to know in an intimate and positive space!
"Before Black lives matter, they must be understood." ~ Dr. Matthew C. Whitaker
"All History is a Current Event." ~ John Henrik Clarke
This interactive ten week webinar series will allow Black lives to speak, inspire, and instruct our way forward. Anyone interested in understanding the contemporary fight for racial justice, will not want to miss it. This webinar series will pay particular attention to the ways in which Black people have resisted forces that have marginalized and dehumanized them, while helping build a dynamic society based upon cultural pluralism. We will begin with pre-colonial Africa, and the trans-Atlantic slave trade, American slavery, emancipation, and reconstruction eras. We will then explore Jim Crow segregation, World War I, the Great Depression, New Deal, Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, and World II. We will conclude with the civil rights, Hip Hop, Barack Obama, and Black Lives Matter generations.
Throughout the course, we will examine migration processes, Black organizations, leaders, and the roles faith, class, gender, and sexual orientation have played within Black communities, and the emergence of Black culture as a powerful force in global society.
Dates and Themes
01/21 - Pre-Colonial Africa
01/28 - The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
02/11 - American Chattel Slavery
02/18 - Emancipation and Reconstruction
02/25 - The Rise of Jim Crow and World I
03/04 - The New Deal
03/11 - The The Harlem Renaissance
03/18 - Black America and World War II
03/25 - The Civil Rights Movement
04/01 - Hip Hop, Barack Obama and Black Lives Matter
Diamond Strategies Diamond Strategies is a Better Business Bureau A+ rated, NSDMC certified minority business enterprise (MBE). It is also the 2022 Best of Tempe (Arizona) Consultant Award winner, and a trend-setting justice, equity, diversity, inclusion (JEDI), and community relations firm, that has partnered with Fortune 500 companies in the United States, Europe, Africa and China. Our specialties include: Facilitation and Training, including industry leading Training-of-Trainers, (TOT), Interest-Based-Resolution (IBR), meditation, motivational speaking, community relations, and thought leadership. Our consultants are distinguished and globally experienced JEDI experts, offering services to schools, non-profits, corporations, faith-based organizations municipalities, and community groups. Our mission is to be your partner in a larger effort to maximize our human and institutional potential. Questions? Contact us via email at
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