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Ashley Robertson Preston, Ph.D.

@drpreston1913

Associate Professor of History @HowardU , nonprofit founder, author & medical mama 👦🏿💙🧩 #BethuneScholar #DST #HowardAlumna #BowieAlumna #TempleAASAlumna

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“Black people have seen this America before. We have endured throughout history’s progress and regress, watching the arc of justice bend with the changing winds.” nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opi…

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On this day in 1873, a mob of hundreds of armed white men attacked the Grant Parish courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana, killing an estimated 150 Black people, many of whom were trying to flee. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

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At church I overheard a lady saying she needed more palm leaves for her family members who were home. We do not play about getting our palms and funeral programs 😆✝️❤️🙏🏾 Andddd if you don’t have one in your car this week you’re not living right! Happy Holy Week!

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Antonio Austin, a doctoral candidate in History Department , has successfully defended his dissertation titled “…A White Man Can Do What He Pleases with a Colored Man or Woman…”: Black North Carolinians’ Experience with the Law from 1790 - 1860.” Congrats Dr. Austin!

Antonio Austin, a doctoral candidate in <a href="/HowardUHistory/">History Department</a> , has successfully defended his dissertation titled “…A White Man Can Do What He Pleases with a Colored Man or Woman…”: Black North Carolinians’ Experience with the Law from 1790 - 1860.”
Congrats Dr. Austin!
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Cheryl Hawkins, a doctoral candidate in History Department successfully defended her dissertation titled “The Enduring Legacy of Parker-Gray: A Twentieth History of the African American Community in Alexandria, Virginia, and Their Struggle for Public Education.”Congrats Dr. Hawkins!

Cheryl Hawkins, a doctoral candidate in <a href="/HowardUHistory/">History Department</a> successfully defended her dissertation titled “The Enduring Legacy of Parker-Gray: A Twentieth History of the African American Community in Alexandria, Virginia, and Their Struggle for Public Education.”Congrats Dr. Hawkins!
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Three dissertation defenses down and a few more to go! So proud of our oh so amazing Bison. And major shouts out to the hard working advisor’s!

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👉🏾The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship to support research towards the completion of a dissertation or publication of a book. Deadline: November 1, 2025. aaihs.org/accepting-subm…

👉🏾The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship to support research towards the completion of a dissertation or publication of a book. Deadline: November 1, 2025.

aaihs.org/accepting-subm…
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I've been asked several times, "Tammy, next time you do a black history trip, I want to go." SO HERE IT IS! Join me June 13-16, 2025, for a weekend of honoring and remembering the ancestors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Contact [email protected] for travel information.

I've been asked several times, "Tammy, next time you do a black history trip, I want to go."  SO HERE IT IS! Join me June 13-16, 2025, for a weekend of honoring and remembering the ancestors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Contact tgibson923@yahoo.com for travel information.
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Kendra Woodfolk Anthony, has successfully defended her dissertation with distinction, entitled: “Attending the Crossing: The Spirituality of African American Midwives 1877 - 1955” Congratulations to Dr. Anthony on this milestone! History Department

Kendra Woodfolk Anthony, has successfully defended her dissertation with distinction, entitled: 
“Attending the Crossing: The Spirituality of African American Midwives 1877 - 1955”

Congratulations to Dr. Anthony on this milestone! <a href="/HowardUHistory/">History Department</a>
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bell hooks wrote, “Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”