Finalist for the Aftermath Grant | Phyllis B. Dooney

Phyllis B. Dooney's ongoing project “The Vertigo Of Time,” was selected as a finalist for the Aftermath Grant 2021. This project presents a mosaic of the homes and histories of American families – descendants of the enslaved population of Stagville Plantation in Durham, NC. Through the lives of several Black families who can trace their heritage back to enslaved ancestors at Stagville, the project addresses frequent institutional gaps in Black genealogy and achievement, which mirror the omission of African Africans from U.S. history writ large, revealing a systematic depersonalization of Black Americans.