LaMonica Goes to Quantico

Jeffrey LaMonica(History) attended the World War One Historical Association's Annual Seminar at the US Marine Corps Base in Quantico, VA. Session topics included the US Marines at the Battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918, the Abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Stormtrooper Tactics, and Ataturk's Performance as a Military Commander in WWI.

National Marine Corps Museum

World War One Historical Association

Dr. Bohm Attends Conference in Denver

Adriana Bohm(Sociology) attended the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Conference in Denver, CO in August. She attended a number of sessions, including a viewing of Precious Knowledge, a documentary on La Raza. Professor Bohm serves on the society's Committee on Racism. 

Society for the Study of Social Problems

Precious Knowledge

Independence Hall, June 2012

Professors Ife Williams(Political Science) and Jeffrey LaMonica(History) led a group of DCCC students to the Constitution Center and Independence Hall in Philadelphia on 21 June.

Independence Hall

Gettysburg Trip 2012

Professor Jeffrey LaMonica(History) took his American Civil War and Reconstruction class to Gettysburg on 20 April. Stops on the Gettysburg Battlefield were Little Round Top, Seminary Ridge, and Cemetery Hill.

Civil War Living History

Civil War living historian Tom Davis gave a presentation on African-American soldiers in the Union Army to students in Professor Jeffrey LaMonica's American Civil War and Reconstruction class on 7 March.

Tom Davis Displays Photographs of His Civil War Ancestors

Constitution Center and African-American History Museum

Professor Adriana Bohm(Sociology) and Professor Jeffrey LaMonica(History) took students from their bundled Experiences in Diversity and World Civilizations courses to the Constitution Center and the African-American History Museum in Philadelphia on 10 November 2011.

Gettysburg Trip April 2011

Professor Ife Williams(Political Science) and Professor Jeffrey LaMonica(History) led a group of DCCC students to Gettysburg on 15 April 2011. The trip included a visit to the boarding house in Chambersburg, PA where John Brown planned his 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry, WV. Stops on the Gettysburg Battlefield were Little Round Top, Seminary Ridge, and Cemetery Hill.

John Brown's Room

DCCC Students at Seminary Ridge


The Group on Little Round Top

Baltimore Trip

Dr. Ife Williams(Political Science) and the Black and Woman's History Committee took a group of DCCC students on a trip to Baltimore on 1 April 2011. The trip included visits to the Frederick Douglass-Issac Myers Maritime Park, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History, and the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum.

Frederick Douglass Talks to the Group in front of his Home

Harriett Tubman Speaks to DCCC Students at the Orchard Street Church

United Nations Trip 2010

Professor Jeff Salavitabar(Economics) and his economics students visited the United Nations in October 2010.

3rd Colored Infantry Regiment at DCCC

The Black and Woman's History Committee hosted the 3rd Colored Infantry Regiment for a living history presentation in the Large Auditorium on 2 February. The re-enactors discussed the role of African-American troops in the Union Army and displayed various Civil War artifacts. Students enrolled in the college's American Civil War course were on hand for the event. Learn more about the 3rd Colored Infantry Regiment at http://www.3rdusct.org/