African American Speakers - African American Authors - Black History Month Speakers
Donna Wyant Howell
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Ms. Howell is
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a specialized historian with in-depth research experience in the W.P.A. collection
Ms. Howell has the unique distinction of being the only historian specializing exclusively in the slave narratives on a full-time basis.
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the compiler of The I WAS A SLAVE Book Collection which is available throughout the United States and Canada, and also in Great Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Japan. The series is being used as textbooks by universities and as reference books in grade schools, junior and high schools, colleges, and libraries.
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a keynote speaker for programs for the federal government, civic and religious organizations, genealogical societies, and conventions; a subject of dozens of radio, television, magazine, and newspaper interviews; a speaker at bookstore readings/signings and at special functions
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a newspaper columnist who writes “In the Words of America’s Noble Ancestors” (column distributed to approximately 210 newspapers nationwide)
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a professional editor for over three decades
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a special instructor of supplemental American history classes (sponsored by the federal government and academia) She has conducted these student-participation classes from the junior high (ages 11-13 years) to the university level
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a consultant and voiceover narrator for PBS and other television programs
- the National Director of the American Slaves Foundation which has chapters in 28 states and the District of Columbia and over 340 volunteer area coordinators throughout the US
Previously, Donna Wyant Howell was an editor at the executive offices of the Marriott Corporation and at the National Academy of Sciences. Howell, a graduate of Howard University, currently resides in Washington, DC.
For Speaking Engagements,
Supplementary History Classes and Workshops,
Photographs, and Speaking Topics:
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