About Dr. Iyelli Ichile Ph.D.

Iyelli Ichile currently serves as the

Post-doctoral Fellow in African American

History at the Reginal F. Lewis Museum

& Department of Africana Studies at the

University of Maryland Baltimore County.

She has a Ph.D. in African Diaspora

History from Howard University, and a

Master’s in African American Studies

from Columbia University.

The slave narratives from the Federal Writers’

Project 1936-1938 offer a rich body of material for

historical research. Visiting scholar and fellow

Dr.Ichile will examine how to use the WPA slave narratives

to uncover African American cultural traditions

and genealogy information on enslaved families.

This annual spring lecture is co-sponsored with the

Baltimore Chapter of the Afro-American Historical

and Genealogical Society (BAAHGS).