My Journey into Black History

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."

Figuring Out Your “Thing” as a History Major: Part 2

Read what Professor Will Katerberg has to say about his own professional journey and advice for how students might take a history major in many directions and a variety of jobs and careers—in every case, hopefully, doing something they love and that reflects something essential about who they are.

Figuring Out Your “Thing” as a History Major: Part 1

Read what Professor Will Katerberg has to say about helping students imagine how they might take a history major in many directions and a variety of jobs and careers—in every case, hopefully, doing something they love and that reflects something essential about who they are.

The James Baldwin Paradigm of Teaching African American History

In being an intellectual acolyte of Baldwin, I intend “to tell as much of the truth as one can bear, and then a little more.” This is what I’m referring to as the Baldwin Paradigm. This should be the intention of every African American historian in the classroom. We must be truth-tellers.

Little Jamaica: An Enduring Ethnic Enclave in Toronto

When a historian and a social worker go on Honeymoon, they take notice of culture and its resilience, what has changed and is changing, what has caused the change, and how people live in a community undergoing change. This was not lost on us as we explored Little Jamaica.