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Jul. 8, 2025

Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Speaks about The Wiz’s Groundbreaking Broadway Debut 50 Years Ago

Dwandalyn Reece

July 8, 2025

Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Speaks about The Wiz’s Groundbreaking Broadway Debut 50 Years Ago

Eleanor Joy Toll Hall The Wiz, an all-Black stage adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, debuted on Broadway in 1950; “It made an impact,” Dwandalyn Reece ’85 told MSN. […]

February 14, 2025

Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Speaks to Smithsonian Podcast Sidedoor on Black Women in Music

Dwandalyn Reece ’85, curator of music and performing arts at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, was a guest on the museum’s podcast, Sidedoor, which […]

January 25, 2023

Dwandalyn Reece ’85 to Deliver Black History Month Lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University

Her talk, which will focus on the history of Black music, will take place on February 23 at 7 p.m. and will be livestreamed.

August 5, 2022

In the Media: Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Gives TED Talk on Origins of Blackface and Stereotypes

“These stereotypes were a powerful reinforcement of the ideas of white supremacy and Black inferiority,” Reece says.

February 4, 2022

Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Testifies Before Congress on Importance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”

Dwandalyn Reece ’85 testified before the US House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties regarding the history and importance of the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

August 16, 2021

In the Media: Dwandalyn Reece ’85 to Discuss New Smithsonian Project at Washington Post Event

Trustee Dwandalyn Reece ’85, associate director of curatorial affairs and curator of music at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, will discuss the museum’s new project, “The Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap,” at a virtual event hosted by the Washington Post.

February 5, 2021

In the Media: Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Curates Playlist of Black Music on NPR

Trustee Dwandalyn Reece ’85, associate director of curatorial affairs and curator of music at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, assembled a playlist for NPR’s Tiny Desk Playlist series. “A celebration of African-American music must acknowledge the underpinnings of the quest for freedom and justice that the music represents,” she said.

February 11, 2019

In the Media: Smithsonian Curator Dr. Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Discusses Legacy of Blackface, CBS, NPR

Dr. Dwandalyn Reece ’85, curator of music and performing arts at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, was on CBS This Morning discussing the history of blackface— the practice of white performers using black makeup on their faces to caricature Black Americans.