Afro-American Studies 597P - ST-Black Presence at UMass II

This course will provide an opportunity for students to participate in the researching and selection of materials for a website and an illustrated history, documenting the presence of people of African descent at UMass since the founding in 1867. The goals for the website are two fold 1) to develop an as comprehensive as possible database of students, staff, faculty and administrators. From that larger list we will begin the process of conducting 45 minute to one hour interviews/conversations to be presented as part of the active ongoing content of the website. Those interviews will be supplemented with audio and visual content to form standalone segments. 2) to select transcripts from the interviews, along with photos and other documentation to shape the narrative of the printed history. There also will be opportunities for online archival research until the Library reopens. Your efforts as students will be acknowledged on the website and in the book.