About Sources Cultural Resources Management
Sources Cultural Resources Management (Sources CRM) is a nationally respected firm specializing in African American history, interpretive planning, and community-engagement strategy. Founded and led by Dr. Calinda Lee — former Head of Interpretation at the National Center for Civil & Human Rights and a nationally regarded cultural historian and award-winning expert in Juneteenth, emancipation history, and global Black freedom movements — the firm helps museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions develop historically rigorous, community-rooted narratives.
Sources CRM anchors the historical, cultural, and community‑engagement work for Juneteenth’s Home, guided by the belief that Juneteenth’s story must be shaped by those who have carried it across generations. Their expertise in African American history, oral history, and interpretive planning ensures a narrative that is locally grounded and nationally resonant. Their engagement model is structured, research‑driven, and rooted in multi‑vocal storytelling, elevating archival, academic, descendant, and lived expertise as co‑equal. For Juneteenth’s Home, Sources CRM leads descendant engagement, develops the interpretive framework, and ensures the master plan is grounded in cultural meaning, historical integrity, and community trust.
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Dr. Calinda Lee, PHD
Interpretive Project Lead for Juneteenth's Home
Dr. Calinda Lee is a nationally regarded cultural historian, master planner, and museum strategist whose work centers on preserving and elevating African American history and heritage. As Founder and Principal of Sources Cultural Resources Management, she leads interpretive planning, organizational master planning, and community‑engagement projects for museums, historic sites, municipalities, and cultural institutions nationwide. An award‑winning practitioner, she is nationally recognized for her expertise in Juneteenth, emancipation history, and global Black freedom movements, including serving as the U.S. State Department’s featured Juneteenth presenter in Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing in 2023. Her portfolio includes major national projects, such as work for the Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., Five Historic House Sites Interpreting Slavery in Maryland, the Robert Smalls House, Oregon Black Pioneers, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and exhibition media development for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. She has also held senior leadership roles at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Atlanta History Center, and Emory University’s James Weldon Johnson Institute.
Dr. Will Guzman, PHD
Texas & Borderlands African American History Specialist
Dr. Will Guzmán is an Assistant Vice Chancellor of Community Engagement and International Affairs at North Carolina Central University in Durham. Guzmán has 27 years of experience with a demonstrated commitment to a variety of teaching, research, service, and multinational activities, specializing in Africana studies, Black Diasporan Culture, and community service in historic African American neighborhoods around the country. A tenured professor, Will serves on the editorial board of the Journal of African American History—the premier organ of his discipline. Dr. Guzmán brings to Juneteenth’s Home a nationally informed, diaspora‑centered perspective that strengthens the project’s historical rigor and its connection to broader Black freedom movements.
Dr. Maria Franklin, PHD
Historic Archaeologist
Dr. Maria Franklin is a historical archaeologist with over 30 years of research and consulting experience, specializing in historic material culture, post‑emancipation Black Texas, and community‑based research. She has led and contributed to heritage‑preservation and archaeological projects across academic, nonprofit, and public sectors, including work for the Texas Historical Commission, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and the Texas Department of Transportation. Maria brings to Juneteenth’s Home a deep commitment to culturally grounded scholarship and a proven ability to translate historical insight into meaningful, community‑centered preservation work.