Selected Media

 

TV/Streaming/Webinars

“The Lynching of Emmett Till and the Case for Preserving Print Culture,” Wellesley College Alumnae Association Faculty Lecture Series, January 18, 2023.

“Black History Month and the Perils of Symbolic Blackness,”Redwood Library and Athenaeum, February 17, 2022.

“American Horror Story: Racial Terror Lynchings in U.S. History,” A Year of Black History Series, Waltham Public Library, October 20, 2021.

“Juneteenth — Educate, Celebrate, and Healing: A Teach-In,” Florida International University, June 16, 2021.

“Understanding America: The History and Meaning of Juneteenth,” Foreign Press Center Briefing, June 16, 2021.

“Civil Rights — A History Panel,” recorded March 9, 2021, available via YouTube.com.

“Who Framed Rosa Parks? Photography and the Legacy of Civil Rights Icons,” University of Arizona, February 23, 2021.

“The Power of Protest Images,” Libraries Working Toward Social Justice,” February 22, 2021.

“Hidden in Plain Sight: Moss H. Kendrix and the Enterprise of Black Citizenship,” Alexandria Black History Museum, February 17, 2021.

“Inspiring a Movement: Commemorating Rosa Parks’ Inspiring Activism,” National Women’s History Museum Sundays@Home series, recorded February 7, 2021.

“Rosa Parks: Her True Story & Legacy,” One Day University video lecture, recorded February 4, 2021.

“Teach Diverse Stories with Primary Sources and Artifacts,” GBH Education and PBS LearningMedia webinar, December 2, 2020.

“Black Lives Matter in Print,” New Directions in African American Studies and Book History, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University, November 16, 2020.

“The Movement for Racial Justice,” Tanner Summit, Wellesley College, October 21, 2020. (currently not available online)

“The Power of Protest Images in the Black Freedom Struggle,” Waltham Public Library webinar, October 14, 2020.

“Black Print Culture,” A Rare Books School Online Panel Discussion, YouTube, September 2, 2020.

“Wakeup, Wellesley, Part 3: Where Do We Go from Here?” YouTube, July14, 2020.

“Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott,” class lecture, C-SPAN American History TV, Lectures in History, recorded February 28, 2020.

“The Civil Rights Work of Black Capitalists,” C-SPAN American History TV, recorded February 10, 2020.

Podcasts & Interviews

“The Importance of Juneteenth,” So Please Understand with Holly Noon, recorded February 21, 2022.

contributor, Alabama Civil Rights Trail, Alabama Tourism Department.

This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture, interviewed by Katherine Parkin, March 31, 2021.

Storycorps Interview with Wellesley College students Katherine Leary and Annabel Springer, recorded January 12, 2021. View animated excerpt throughWellesley College Instagram.

“Brenna Greer on the history of Black Imagemakers,” Arizona Spotlight, aired February 18, 2021.

Black Agenda Radio, June 29, 2020.

“Brenna Greer on Pursuing Civil Rights Through Capitalism,” A Correction: A Podcast, June 25, 2020.

New Books Network, interviewed by E. James West, October 23, 2019.

Commentary

“Waltham Library: 'A Year of Black History' commences with story of American lynchings,” Kerry Feltner, Wicked Local, October 8, 2021.

contributor, “In conversation: Archives and the Pandemic,” Archives of American Art Journal, 60:1 (Spring 2021).

“The Importance of Learning History,” WGBH Explore Magazine, February 2021, 21.” Full version of magazine available online.

“Wellesley Faculty Discuss the Significance of Kamala Harris as the First Woman of Color on Major Presidential Ticket,” Wellesley Spotlight, August 12, 2020.

5 Questions, A Correction: A Podcast, July 21, 2020.

“Mother’s Day Amid a Pandemic: Three Wellesley Professors Explore Changing Motherhood,” Wellesley Spotlight, May 10, 2020.

Black Agenda Report Book Forum: Brenna Greer’s Represented, April 1, 2020.

“Historians breathe a sigh of relief at the sale of the Ebony and Jet photo archives,” Columbia Journalism Review, August 1, 2019

“Who gets to be celebrated during Women’s History Month?” Women’s Media Center, March 20, 2019.

“We, Too, Sing America. Or, Do We?” The Spoke, October 26, 2017.

“Coming to Grips with Racism,” The Spoke, April 4, 2017.

“A Response to DeVos’ ‘Ominous’ Words,” The Spoke, March 10, 2017

“Consuming America: Moss Kendrix, Coca-Cola and the Identity of the Black American Consumer,” Coca-Cola Journey, February 25, 2013.

Quoted in

Understanding the history behind Juneteenth,” by Cesareo Contreras, MetroWest Daily News, June 17, 2021.”

“How an annual pageant became a beloved Juneteenth celebration in Texas and beyond,” by Char Adams, nbcnews.com, June 17, 2021.

“The brutal video of George Floyd’s death can galvanize a nation. If we stop scrolling,” by Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, June 5, 2020.

“The Most Interesting New Museum Is a Vintage Shop in Brooklyn,” by Kristin Corry, Vice, May 26, 2020.

The Radical Blackness of Ebony Magazine,” by Brent Staples, New York Times, August 11, 2019., August 11, 2019.

“‘A visual representation of 20th Century black history’,” by Dusica Sue Malesevic, Daily Mail, July 25, 2019.

“Ebony and Jet magazines transformed the narrative of black America. Now, their photo archive is up for sale” by Janell Ross, NBC News, July 17, 2019

“The world-class photography of Ebony and Jet is priceless history. It’s still up for sale,” by Allison Miller, Perspectives on History, July 9, 2019

“Black History Month,” by Nathan Connolly, Backstory Blog, March 7, 2017.