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Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther costume.  A velvet and Kente cloth quilt in homage to Harriet Tubman. Racist signs. A set of shackles for a child.

Students in three classes saw triumphant and tragic artifacts at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC on Saturday, April 6, 2024. They also had time to explore the city in small groups on their own.

Shacale Henderson, ‘26, said, “My friends, and I hiked the many stairs to The Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his speech “I Have A Dream.”At the top of the stairs, I saw the same view I have only seen in pictures. It was incredibly uplifting to stand where history was made, and lives were changed.”

“Overall, it was a great experience,” said Colton Andrews, ‘26. “ It was very cool to be able to connect what we learned and have been talking about in class to actual artifacts and take a little bit of a deeper dive into some of the information.  There's lots of things that tell a great story in the museum, and I'm glad I was able to utilize this opportunity.” Andrews is enrolled in Ann Bomberger’s African American literature class.

Associate Professor of History and Arabic Carolyn Baugh mentioned a similar response from her students: “My students related that they made many connections between what they saw at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and what they’d learned in class about luminaries of arts and culture as well as the history of slavery, Emancipation, Reconstruction, the Klan, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights movement.  The museum was so dense with information, and I learned so much!  I’m grateful for this chance to travel with my class and learn more about our country’s rich and complicated history.”

The trip was made possible with support from the Student Government Association, the School of Public Service and Global Affairs, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Academic Community Engagement office.

In addition to the connections with class materials, the trip is an example of the transformative possibilities of travel. Sophia Messenger, ’26, remarked, "This was my first time going to Washington DC and it did not disappoint. Over the course of nine hours, we walked nearly 13 miles (27,000 steps!) and saw several of our nation's great monuments and museums.”

Gerald James, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion who teaches the Architecture of Race class, noted, "This was an enriched learning opportunity for our students.  The sights visited and the tour of the museum offered meaningful and impactful experiences that I believe will stay with our students forever."