Category: Matt’s Research

05/10/16 How would you summarize your experience at Dunbar High School in D.C.? At Amherst? “Outstanding…I was a serious student, almost an all A student for the whole time I was at Dunbar…I was very much involved in the activities of the school…I had a good relationship with the principal and the faculty members there…I…Continue Reading Interview with Harold Haizlip (Amherst ’57)

03/02/16 Where are you currently residing? My year is divided equally in Silver Spring, MD and Woods Hole, MA. I am currently in Maryland. How would you summarize your experience at Dunbar High School in D.C.? My high school years were great. Dunbar provided an excellent education with positive feedback from faculty and administration. Dunbar…Continue Reading Interview with Ray Hayes (Amherst ’59)

05/12/16 Harold Haizlip, Nora Gregory, and Eugene Wilson After my research, I can confidently assert that the Dunbar-Amherst Connection sustained itself through an intergenerational cycle of motivation and matriculation in which older generations of Dunbar-Amherst men encouraged younger generations of Dunbar men to attend the College. But is the story of Dunbar and Amherst really…Continue Reading Final Research Reflection

04/07/16 My research of the Dunbar-Amherst connection has certainly taken me outside and beyond the Amherst College Archives recently. In March, I had the opportunity to interview one of those Dunbar Men of Amherst from the “Trio of 1959,” referenced in my previous research reflection.[1] Through email correspondence and over the phone, I interviewed Raymond…Continue Reading Research Reflection #3 – Connecting with the Dunbar Legacy

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