Dr. Alonzo Smith
History
Professor Smith was born and grew up in Washington, D.C. and he remembers when schools and public facilities in Virginia, the District and Maryland were segregated. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, his Master’s from Howard University, and his doctorate from UCLA. Before coming to Montgomery College he taught in California, Nebraska, and Virginia. He has lived a total of four years in Africa, three in the Republic of the Ivory Coast, and one in Sierra Leone. Among the African nations he has visited are the Congo and South Africa. He has been employed as a social worker for the Urban League of Nebraska, and he served from 1991-92 as project director for a USAID project for war-displaced people in Sierra Leone. From 1994 to 2005 he was a program researcher and curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. He was one of two curators for the museum’s observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s school desegregation decision, entitled “Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education.” He is married, with two grown children, and lives in Rockville. Professor Smith teaches African American, United States, and African history, and his research interests are in the field of recent African American history.
Spring 2009 Schedule
HS 129/31951, MWF 11:00-11:50, HU 133
HS 129/24306, Web Course
HS 130/31952, TR 11:00-12:15, HU 127
HS 201/30235, MWF 9:00-9:50, HU 126
HS 201/30315, TR 12:30-1:45, HU 011
Spring 2009 Syllabi:
Older Links:
HS 130 Syllabus
HS 201 Syllabus
Office: HU 276
Phone: 240-567-7283
Office Hours: MWF 8:00-8:55, TR 8:00-10:55, and by appointment, or email me at
alonzo.smith@montgomerycollege.edu