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Work With Dr. A

Preserving History Through Education, Storytelling, and Community Engagement

Dinah’s Legacy™ offers professional services that help organizations, communities, and individuals connect with history, preserve stories, and create meaningful learning experiences.

Drawing on expertise in instructional design, public humanities, genealogy, community engagement, heritage interpretation, and curriculum development, Dr. Angelia Bendolph partners with museums, educational institutions, nonprofits, cultural organizations, and community groups to bring history to life.

The Legacy Shelf is a living space that focuses on re-membering. It is rooted in public humanities, research, storytelling, and literacy.


Services Section

Public Humanities Consulting

Helping organizations develop projects and programs that connect communities to history, culture, and heritage.

Services Include

  • Community engagement
  • Historical interpretation
  • Program planning
  • Educational initiatives
  • Heritage preservation
  • Descendant-centered programming
  • Public engagement strategies
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Learning & Educational Design

Designing learning experiences (online and face-to-face) that transform historical content into engaging educational programs.

Services Include

  • Curriculum development
  • Instructional Design
  • Facilitator guides
  • LMS administration and implementation
  • Educational toolkits
  • Learning activities
  • Training materials
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Community Engagement

  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Community Partnership Development
  • Intergenerational Learning Initiatives
  • Civic and Cultural Programming
  • Workshop Facilitation
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Research & Interpretation

  • Research (Qualitative / Quantitative / Mixed)
  • Historical interpretation
  • Community-Based Research
  • Program Evaluation
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Workshops & Training

Interactive workshops (online and face-to-face) for museums, libraries, schools, nonprofits, churches, and community organizations.

Topics Include

  • Family Storytelling
  • Legacy Preservation
  • Community Memory
  • Public Humanities
  • African American Genealogy

Types of Workshops

  • 90-Minute Workshop
  • Half-Day Workshop
  • Full-Day Workshop
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Speaking Engagements

Available for conferences, educational institutions, museums, community organizations, and special events.

Popular Topics

  • Africatown/Gee’s Bend and Community Memory
  • Preserving Family Legacy
  • African American Genealogy
  • Public Humanities
  • Women in Leadership

Past Speaking Engagements

  • Local Events
  • Colleges & Universities
  • Conferences
  • Churches
  • Community Gatherings
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The Legacy Shelf™

Educational Products and Resources

Books, journals, activity workbooks, bookclub, podcasts, online / face-to-face learning, writing, editing services, etc.

The Legacy Shelf™ provides tools that help individuals and families document memories, preserve stories, and celebrate heritage.

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Ready to Work Together?

Whether you’re planning a community project, educational initiative, workshop, presentation, or historical program, I would love to hear from you.

For more information, send an email to dinahslegacy@gmail.com

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Dinah’s 3rd Great-Granddaughter

The YouTube icon links directly to Diedre’s performance in honor
of the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of the
Selma to Montgomery March.
Residents from Gees Bend were there on Bloody Sunday in 1965.
We honor you. Ase’

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