Meet Assistant Professor of History Dr. Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt-Holloway

The History Department is excited to welcome Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt-Holloway.

 

Dr. Dillahunt-Holloway’s research is on twentieth century African American history with a focus on the U.S. South, labor, and the Black Freedom Struggle. At present, he is the co-leader of The Communiversity, a community based archive and educational institution that houses the records of Black Workers for Justice. He is also a board member of the Interreligious Foundation of Community Organizations (IFCO), the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN), and Democracy North Carolina.

 

Dr. Dillahunt-Holloway has served as an Interinstitutional Scholar for Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of History at East Carolina University, an Assistant Editor with the award winning blog Black Perspectives, an intern with the SNCC Digital Gateway Project at Duke University, a research Assistant for Charlie Cobb, a “Book Acquisition” student worker at Duke University Press, and an Editorial Assistant for The Journal of African American History, the oldest and leading scholarly journal in its field.

 

Dr. Dillahunt-Holloway received his Masters and Ph.D. in History from Michigan State University in 2023.  He holds a BA in History and  a BA in Political Science from North Carolina Central University.