The Oak Woods Project is involved in a range of pedagogical and co-learning initiatives aimed at university students, members of the public, and K-12. Watch this page for updates on pedagogical materials, resources, and offerings.
In a Spring 2025 course, “Social Life and Death in the City,” taught by Dr. Pranathi Diwakar, Postdoctoral Instructor at the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, undergraduate and graduate students produced audio essays about Oak Woods Cemetery that were broadcast on Chicago-based Lumpen Radio (6/17/2025). Listen to students’ audio essays here.
Student contributors:
Samantha Anderson - “The Life & Death of Alex D. Bailie”
Kyla Colomina - “Widely Seen, Barely Known: Nancy Green in Life and Death”
Rylee Danley - “Buried Twice”
Saba Johnson - “Stolen Valor: Commemoration & Competing Historical Narratives at Oak Woods Cemetery”
Jaden Menendez - “A Memorial to Artensa Randolph”