History from Below: Memorialization Projects

History from Below is a collection of memorialization design projects completed by students in Dr. Bryan Banks’s HIST1112: World History since 1500 survey classes at Columbus State University. The phrase “history from below,” popularized by E.P. Thompson in the 1960s, challenges us to reconstruct historical events and processes from the perspective of the oppressed rather than the oppressor or “victor.” Memorial projects found here focus on enslaved Africans and their forced migrations across the Atlantic Ocean to the western hemisphere.

Projects from 2019

Projects from 2020

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Haitian Victory Garden

Breeanna Mahone and Shaena Wooten
History of "Old Slave Mart"

Shayla Tyson, Shanella Thompson, Nedjaina Jovin, and Carolyn Jackson
Museum: Wade in the Water

Joanelys Lamberty, Angel Bullard, and Michael Pullom
National Memorial for the First Twenty

Jerimiah Rapp, Jonathan DeRouen, Joy Flowers, and Logan Rush
Slave Ship Museum & Memorial

Sutton Smith, Dakota Grossman, Ankush Singh, and Carlos G. Vincenti Perez
The Wanderer

Jaila Stathums, Kayla Arrington, Amya Glenn, and India Mobley
Transatlantic Slave Trade

Jasmine Vail-Gomez, Kendra Swayne, Trent Van Erem, and Dustin James Hudgins
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Luanda

Victoria Ayodele, John Hilton, and Dynasty Vickers
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Memorial in St. Croix

Hope Johnson, Rachel Townley, and Glenville Challenger
Valongo Wharf Transatlantic Slave Trade Memorial

Dontanarious Kelly, Kayleen Linge, and Thomas Nguyen
Wall Between the Family

Mikaela Wehking, Ashlyn Stafford, Roshin Roychan, and Alex Stewart