Arwin D. Smallwood is an American historian. He chairs the history department at North Carolina A&T and has written about U.S. history.[1][2][3] He was a professor at Bradley University in the 1990s, Brandeis University from 2001 to 2003 and was then a professor at the University of Memphis for years.
He grew up in Bertie County, North Carolina and participated in the Upward Bound program.[4] He studied at North Carolina Central University and Ohio State University. He studied and photographed the Indian Woods of Bertie County where the first reservation was established to hold Native Americans.[5] East Carolina University has a collection of his papers documenting Bertie County for his book on the area.[6]
He was inducted into the African American Hall of Fame Museum in Peoria, Illinois. He is a member of Pi Gamma Mu.[7]
Writings edit
- Bertie County: An Eastern Carolina History (2002)
- Blacks at Bradley, 1897-2000
- Mapping Native American History
- The Atlas of African-American History and Politics: From the Slave Trade to Modern with Jeffrey M. Elliot ISBN 9780070584365
References edit
- ^ "Historian Arwin Smallwood Dedicated His Life To Studying His Triracial Roots In NC". WUNC. June 22, 2020.
- ^ "Arwin D. Smallwood". scholar.google.com.
- ^ "AHA Member Spotlight: Arwin D. Smallwood | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org.
- ^ "Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood comes home to deliver Rouson Lecture at Chowan University". Chowan.edu. 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Arwin D. Smallwood Collection of Indian Woods (N.C.) Photographs, circa 1990s-2005".
- ^ "Arwin D. Smallwood Papers - Collection Guides". digital.lib.ecu.edu.
- ^ "Profile for ARWIN D. SMALLWOOD | The University of Memphis". umwa.memphis.edu.
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