Race and Change Dr. Kitty Oliver. A native Floridian, she specializes in books, television and radio documentaries, and literary performances which explore race and ethnic issues in innovative ways. She has produced landmark research documenting the state’s mushrooming diversity that has become a mirror of American society and speaks widely on African American history. She pioneered the […]
Oral History Projects Kitty Oliver
Oral History Projects Kitty Oliver “The Race and Change Project” is an ongoing research study of race and ethnic relations, geographical history, and social change through the collection of oral histories of Whites, African Americans, and immigrants of various Hispanic/Latino, Caribbean and Asian backgrounds. Research sites have included the South Florida cities of Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, […]
The Discomforts of Home
The Discomforts of Home. On the porches and street corners of life in Jacksonville, Florida I grew up eavesdropping on stories as I came of age with integration. Eventually those Florida Southern reminiscences became the genesis of my cross-cultural Race and Change work. Curiously, though, the literary and musical presentation “An Afternoon of Jazz and Multicolored […]
The Race and Change Florida Stories
The Race and Change Florida Stories. Dr. Kitty Oliver is an oral history consultant working with educational and community organizations to develop and teach courses and conduct projects for the purpose of presentations to the public as well as archival research. She is a member of the national Oral History Association. Current projects: “The Race and Change […]
journalist Oral Historian and Author
journalist Oral Historian and Author. Dr. Kitty Oliver is a veteran South Florida journalist, author, oral historian, and university professor with a Ph.D. focusing on race and ethnic communication. She has been featured on CNN news, “Black in America,” for her race relations work. She is also president of Kitty O. Enterprises, Inc., a cultural diversity consulting […]
The Race and Change
The Race and Change. Dr. Kitty Oliver is an oral history consultant working with educational and community organizations to develop and teach courses and conduct projects for the purpose of presentations to the public as well as archival research. She is a member of the national Oral History Association. Current projects: “The Race and Change Initiative” is a […]
2018 Synergy Summit for Cultural and Heritage Tourism
2018 Synergy Summit for Cultural and Heritage Tourism. Dr. Kitty Oliver will be moderating this panel on Speaking All Languages: Marketing To Multicultural Audiences on THURSDAY, MAY 17, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join Dr. Kitty Oliver for this event in May! Dr. Kitty Oliver is a veteran South Florida journalist, author, oral historian, and university […]
Voices of America: Race and Change in Hollywood Florida
Voices of America: Race and Change in Hollywood, Florida (Arcadia, $18.99), is the result of a three-month long oral history project at the dawn of the new millennium interviewing a cross-section of 42 Blacks, Whites and immigrants who were born and raised in or who migrated to this South Florida area between Fort Lauderdale and […]
Women’s History Month: Telling stories, one life at a time
Women’s History Month provides the opportunity to learn about everyday women doing extraordinary things. Designated by the U.S. Congress as National Women’s History Month in 1987, the month of March is recognized nationwide in schools and by community groups. Annually, the National Women’s History Project selects a theme that embodies women’s strength and courage to […]
Kitty Oliver American Historian Author Journalist
Kitty Oliver American Historian Author Journalist. Dr. Kitty Oliver is an oral history consultant working with educational and community organizations to develop and teach courses and conduct projects for the purpose of presentations to the public as well as archival research. She is a member of the national Oral History Association. “The Race and Change Initiative” is a […]
