PhD student in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and Public History Graduate Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Marcus Smith is a 3rd Year PhD student in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and Public History Graduate Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received his BA in Political Science from the University of Houston and his MA in African American Studies from Georgia State University. His work and research center on the history and analysis of social movements and political organizations in the African Diaspora, and the historic preservation and documentation of African-American communities, cultural landscapes, and historic sites.