This year marks the 100th commemoration of Black History Week and Black History Month. Join Dr. Eric Washington, Professor of History and Director of Africana Studies, as he reflects on his journey of discovering his own family history. "This journey into Black History has been divinely ordered. It is truly my calling."
by Eric M. Washington. Washington may be the most important name in the United States of America. It is the name of the capital city, the 42nd state, and thirty counties (including Washington Parish, Louisiana) and fifty one cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated communities with Washington somewhere in their names. All of these names are …
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by Eric M. Washington. For African-American historians, February can be a busy month. For me, I did a podcast for the Reformed African American Network, I give a short presentation to AHANA[1] students here at Calvin about my journey into African-American history, and I gave a short presentation on the history and centrality of Black …
Continue reading February is over: What does an African-American Historian do in March?
Historical Horizons 