Dr. McBride has provided expert reviews and advice for historic preservation and museum exhibitions, as well as for manuscript projects. These institutions include (2018-present):

  • University of Illinois Press

  • University Press of Kentucky

  • University of California at Berkeley Press

  • University of South Carolina Press

  • Columbia University Press

  • Taylor & Francis Press

  • St. Paul’s AME Church, Bellefonte PA (Founded 1855)

  • Turning Point United Methodist Church, Trenton NJ (Founded 1771)/Community Development Corporation

  • Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn NY

  • AIM Innovation Cultural Center, Queens, NY (Community development and post-Covid-19 recovery through community arts initiatives.)

  • FILM PROJECTS

    Historian Consultant:

    • Documentary: Partners of the Heart. Produced by Spark Media for PBS American Experience, narrated by Morgan Freeman.  Story of famed black surgical assistant Vivien Thomas and surgeon Dr. Alfred Blalock. Together they discover a ground-breaking cardiac procedure for children born with a defective heart condition.  Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Partners of the Heart was selected in 2015 as among the top 50 projects ever funded by NEH. See: https://sparkmedia.org/projects/partners-of-the-heart/

    • Motion Picture Series: Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Underground Railroad, (in production 2022-present). Produced by Andale Productions, Los Angeles, CA. Set in National Historic Site of Ripley, Ohio and Maysville, Kentucky, movie chronicles the earliest phases of abolition and fugitive slave resistance.  See: https://www.andaleproductions.com