Shantrelle Patrice Lewis (born June 13, 1978) is a curator, scholar,
critic and filmmaker. She is a 2012 Andy Warhol Curatorial Fellow and
a 2014 United Nations Programme for People of African Descent
Fellow.Lewis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to computer analyst
father Wayne Lewis and retired social worker mother Patricia
Scott.Lewis was introduced to African American history by her father
through her own genealogy as a child where she learned she was a
descendant of Henri Christophe, the first king of free Haiti in 1811.
She comes from a family of teachers: Her paternal great grandfather,
Nathan Lewis, was a student at Tuskegee University, and later taught
at Southern University A&M and her paternal great grandmother, Della
Atkinson, was a professor at Straight College, which is known today as
Dillard University.In 2000, Lewis received a bachelor's degree from
Howard University in African American Studies. By then, her childhood
experience with Black history grew into a career, teaching
African-American Studies at Hyde Leadership Public Charter School in
Washington, D.C. Lewis then earned a master's degree in African
American Studies from Temple University in 2006. She returned to her
hometown after the Hurricane Katrina disaster to help with
revitalization and taught African World Studies at Dillard University.
critic and filmmaker. She is a 2012 Andy Warhol Curatorial Fellow and
a 2014 United Nations Programme for People of African Descent
Fellow.Lewis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to computer analyst
father Wayne Lewis and retired social worker mother Patricia
Scott.Lewis was introduced to African American history by her father
through her own genealogy as a child where she learned she was a
descendant of Henri Christophe, the first king of free Haiti in 1811.
She comes from a family of teachers: Her paternal great grandfather,
Nathan Lewis, was a student at Tuskegee University, and later taught
at Southern University A&M and her paternal great grandmother, Della
Atkinson, was a professor at Straight College, which is known today as
Dillard University.In 2000, Lewis received a bachelor's degree from
Howard University in African American Studies. By then, her childhood
experience with Black history grew into a career, teaching
African-American Studies at Hyde Leadership Public Charter School in
Washington, D.C. Lewis then earned a master's degree in African
American Studies from Temple University in 2006. She returned to her
hometown after the Hurricane Katrina disaster to help with
revitalization and taught African World Studies at Dillard University.
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