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Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin

M.A. American History, San Francisco State University
B.A. American History

Dunn-Salahuddin’s research explores the history of the Black freedom struggle in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point filtered through the lens of environment, race, and infrastructure. Primarily focusing on the Bayview-Hunters Point community of the 1960s and 1970s, the project emphasizes: 1) the production of urban black space in relation to gender and Black political ideology; 2) the development of US nuclear capabilities in San Francisco and its toxic aftermaths; 3) the relationship between Black environmentalism and civil rights in Northern California. At its core, this project is an urban black history of post-WWII America that traces the spatial, material, and social conditions of African American life in San Francisco. Utilizing oral history, community engagement, and original dance film shorts, this project reveals the ways that African Americans informed and shaped their environments, as well as the institutions and systems that governed their lives. Dunn-Salahuddin has also studied dance and the performing arts at both San Francisco State and Stanford University, and is in the certification process for Katherine Dunham Modern Dance Technique. She believes the performing arts can be used to bridge communities to the academy and systems of knowledge production.

Dissertation Chair & Co-Chair: Dr. ahobbs [at] stanford.edu (Allyson Hobbs)& Dr. Gabrielle Hecht


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