Deah Berry Mitchell

Deah Berry Mitchell is a historian, food scholar, and cultural preservationist whose work uses storytelling, scholarship, and technology to bring Black American history out of the archive and into lived experience. A PhD candidate in history at the University of North Texas, Deah is the founder and CEO of Nostalgia Black Group, a multimedia company dedicated to preserving Black cultural history through writing, public speaking, tourism, research, and technology. She created Deep Ellum AR, the first augmented reality app in the United States developed by a woman to highlight Black history, and founded Soul of DFW Tours, producing sold-out bus tours combining food history and local Black cultural heritage. Funded by the City of Dallas, the app is now used in classrooms, walking tours, and cultural institutions across North Texas. Deah's work connects academic research with public storytelling, helping organizations understand how food, place, and memory shape cultural identity and consumer experience. Her expertise in Black Texas history and digital heritage tools supports museums, tourism boards, educators, and corporate audiences seeking more authentic narratives and community engagement strategies for strategy and curriculum design applications. Audiences leave Deah's sessions with a grounded understanding of Juneteenth history, Black Southern foodways and the role of storytelling in preserving cultural memory. Deah also demonstrates how technology can be used to surface hidden histories and how community-rooted entrepreneurship can build sustainable cultural and economic impact across education, tourism, and corporate sectors. Book Deah to bring lived history, academic insight, and cultural storytelling to your next event.