ABOUT
Meet Dr. Lindsay Gary
Dr. Lindsay Gary (PhD, MFA, MA, MPA) is a professor-scholar, conceptual diasporArtist, Afrocentric entrepreneur, and cultural curator whose mission is to educate, connect, and empower the African Diaspora.
She graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in History and minors in Dance and Business Administration, and later obtained her Graduate Certificate in African American Studies. She also has an MA in History, an MPA in Public Policy, and an MFA in Dance, and recently obtained her PhD in Africology and African American Studies from Temple University. She holds certificates in Teaching in Higher Education (Temple University), Genealogy (International Association of Professions Career College), Hospitality and Tourism Management (Florida International University), and Fashion Design Management (Cornell University).
Gary is the Executive Director of The Re-Education Project (501c3) (home of Project 1444 and Watoto Book Bus), the Artistic and Executive Director of Dance Afrikana LLC (home of Ma’at Kemetic Yoga and Houston Black Dance Collective), and the CEO of Isegun Enterprises LLC (home of Sawari Tours (home of Black Houston Bus Tours and Traveling Through the Linds), Maarifa Historical Agency, Afrikanah Book Club, Who Yo’ People Productions (home of AdDiversity and Unsilencing Spirituality), Visit Black Houston, Black Art Marketplace, Gumbo: The Podcast, House of Osumare, Black Charm, Seshat Languages, Dautrive, and more).
She is the author of The New Red Book: A Guide to 50 of Houston's Black Historical and Cultural Sites, and the director and creator of "Who Yo' People?", a documentary film that explores the African heritage of Louisiana. Additionally, she is the creator and curator of The Tignon Project and Trail Ride to the Polls, the lead of Zydeco Fenm, and 1/2 of Maroon Materiality.
She was born and raised on Karankawa, Akokisa, and Atakapa-Ishak lands (Houston, Texas), and is an Afro-Louisianian of Mandinka, Peul/Fula, Balanta, Temne, Hausa, Igbo, Malagasy, Tsogo, Ateke, Kota, Kongo, Fon, Muskogee (Creek), and Chitimacha heritage. She conducts much of her work in her neighborhood of Third Ward, in South Louisiana (her recent ancestral roots), Senegal, and throughout other parts of Africa and the African Diaspora. She has traveled to 39 countries.
She serves as a board member for the University of Houston’s Black Alumni Association, a member of the Board of Directors of Cultural Heritage Economic Alliance, Inc. (CHEA), and as a member of the Diopian Institute for Scholarly Advancement’s Executive Council.