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Black men at work on Byrd Stadium construction, September 1st, 1950

The 1856 Project Team

The 1856 Project is chaired by Lae'l Hughes-Watkins & Stefan Woehlke and is made up of an advisory team of experts and scholars in various disciplines. The project is led by University of Maryland Libraries


Co-Chairs and Executive Board

Portrait of Lae'l Hughes-Watkins

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins

Interim Director of Special Collections and University Archives and Associate Director for Engagement, Inclusion, and Reparative Archiving, Special Collections & University Archives
Portrait of Stefan Woehlke

Stefan Woehlke

Post-doctoral Associate in the Historic Preservation Program
Portrait of Traci L.M. Dula

Traci L.M. Dula

Associate Director, Honors College
Portrait of Barnet Pavão-Zuckerman

Barnet Pavão-Zuckerman

Professor & Chair, Department of Anthropology

Advisory Board

Portrait of Christopher Bonner

Christopher Bonner

Associate Professor, Department of History
Portrait of Maya Davis

Maya Davis

Director, Riversdale House Museum
Portrait of Georgina Dodge

Georgina Dodge

Vice President for Belonging
Portrait of Dennis A. Doster

Dennis A. Doster

Black History Program Manager, Prince George's County, MD
Portrait of Maxine Gross

Maxine Gross

Chairperson, Lakeland Community Heritage Project
Portrait of Susan Kern

Susan Kern

Director, Historic Preservation Program, School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
Portrait of George Kintiba

George Kintiba

Lecturer, Department of African American Studies
Portrait of Veronica Lewis

Veronica Lewis

Director of Administrative Services, Belonging & Community at UMD
Portrait of Douglas McElrath

Douglas McElrath

Director, Special Collections & University Archives
Portrait of Kim J. Nickerson

Kim J. Nickerson

Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
Portrait of Psyche Williams-Forson

Psyche Williams-Forson

Professor & Chair, Department of American Studies

Staff

Portrait of Britney Pollard

Britney Pollard

Mellon Funded-Reparative Histories Social Justice Research Incubator, Project Manager

Collaborators

Portrait of Manuel Mendez

Manuel Mendez

Graduate Assistant, Special Collections and University Archives, PhD Candidate, School of Information
Portrait of Natalie Trapuzzano

Natalie Trapuzzano

University Archivist, Special Collections & University Archives

Header Image: Construction of Byrd Stadium, 1 September 1950, https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/2572