History & Memory

Learn more about Black history at Elon through the University Archives & Special Collections online resources and physical artifacts, papers, and records.

Elon commemorated Juneteenth with a luncheon, Q&A, pop-up exhibit and an in-person or online journey of Black history and achievements at the university.

Commemorate Juneteenth at Elon through an in-person or online journey of Black history and contemporary achievements at the university.

The Assistant Professor of History will develop digital humanities resources and help advance Elon’s Multifaith Strategic Plan.

In partnership with HealthEU, Inclusive Excellence Education & Development, the Black Lumen Project, and the Division of Student Life, the Center for Design Thinking will host a HealthEU Wellness Fair for Elon students and community members on March 14.

Launched by The University of the South, the Locating Slavery's Legacies database helps create the conversation on the importance of understanding the legacy of slavery in higher education institutions.

Cherrel Miller Dyce, associate professor of education and executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion at the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, Ms. Marlene Harrison-Reid, a teacher with Guilford County Schools, and Deanna Townsend-Smith, senior director at the Dudley Flood Center, facilitated this summer experience for participating teachers.

The report from the university’s Black Lumen Project celebrates the milestones and contributions of Black students, faculty and staff at Elon.  

As Elon University prepares for Juneteenth, three faculty members in leadership roles with the Committee on History & Memory and the Black Lumen Project offer this reflection on the holiday, work underway at Elon and work yet to be done to move toward racial equity.  

With the theme of “Reconciling with our Present by Exploring our Past,” the monthlong series is drawing upon the work of the Committee on Elon History and Memory.