Year: 2016

02/29/16 For last week’s reflection, I wrote about my decision-making process to research the Dunbar Men of Amherst for my individual project for the special topics course. Ultimately, my personal connection to Dunbar (my grandfather was a 1943 graduate) motivated me to investigate why and how that D.C. public school transformed into a feeder school…Continue Reading Research Reflection 2 – The Trio of 1959

02/21/16 For the past four weeks, my fellow classmates and I initiated our special topics course, “The Black Experience at Amherst College,” by engaging with literature already written on the topic as well as familiarizing ourselves with Amherst’s available archival resources. We also agreed upon Black Men of Amherst College by Harold Wade Jr. ‘68…Continue Reading Research Reflection #1 – The Dunbar Men of Amherst