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I have nothing to contribute except that my team is training undergrads to deliver #campushistory tours and we had practice runs today and the KIDS ARE ALRIGHT.

With a book talk later this evening, I am catching up on some campus history work and grading. #2025SHA was a very affirming break with other historians. Back to reality. #amwriting #campushistory

With ‘Hands,’ Davidson College's monument aims to tell a ‘broader story’ of the enslaved who built the college Approximately 1,000 people attended a ceremony at Davidson College Thursday to witness the unveiling of a monument that pays tribute to the enslaved individuals who contributed to the college's constr...

WFAE (Charlotte NPR) coverage of the dedication event. Here is the link: www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
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Local coverage of the dedication of the With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited and the opening of the Oak Row exhibition.
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Memorial Brings the Unacknowledged into Davidson College’s Story Davidson College will dedicate, With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited, Oct. 23. Renowned artist Hank Willis Thomas designed the bronze sculpture in collaboration with architectura...

Today marks the first of several events for the dedication of With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited and opening of Oak Row exhibition space. I am glad to have been involved with this project and recovering this history.

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With pending construction near historic buildings, I adjusted the syllabus. Students did shovel tests. They found some pottery shards, broken ceramic plates, coal & old gravel used in the old pathways. They loved talking to the Dean, campus chaplain and campus archivists about it. #campushistory

Hi. I’m currently leading #campushistory #publichistory #RacePlaceandMemory work at my VA university, part of broader movement. Long 19thC US social, cultural ethnohistorian. I am reading Animal Vegetable Miracle for fun, Resistance from the Right by @laurenlshepherd.bsky.social for class.

What would you have done if you were the first & only Japanese American on a segregated campus of white southern women in 1943? 🗃️

Sharing this #campushistory piece I wrote in 2022 for #WomensHistory month. www.jmu.edu/news/2022/09...

A room full of people organized in small groups talking

Yesterday, I gave my Reclaimed Histories (aka Hidden Voices) #campushistory tour to some mid level univ administrators from across divisions. Then they discussed the meaning of the stories heard. Overwhelmed by the responses: Ppl reported feeling proud, empowered, intrigued, educated. So pleased!

Thinking about Japanese American incarceration today, Dec. 7. So, here is a piece I wrote on Yuri Nemoto (‘47), JMU’s first Asian American student, who received a scholarship while incarcerated & spoke out bravely while at Madison College. www.jmu.edu/news/2022/09... #campushistory #publichistory

Cover of book titled black powder white lace. It has a historical photo of a family group.

Can’t ver of a book titled race place and memory that has a historic 1950s photo of a parade float carrying white men dressed as blackface minstrels.

Hello, all. Interdisc #AmericanStudier #publichistorian here. Currently working on #campusHistory projects. Past work includes #RacePlaceandMemory & #BlackPowderWhiteLace. I also post about #highered, #facultyaffairs, #GenEd, #civicengagement, gardens, food, cocktails.