Arwin D. Smallwood is an American historian. He chairs the history department at

North Carolina A&T North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Caro ...

and has written about U.S. history. He was a professor at Bradley University in the 1990s,

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , pro ...

from 2001 to 2003 and was then a professor at the

University of Memphis } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering ...

for years. He grew up in Bertie County, North Carolina and participated in the Upward Bound program. He studied at

North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from b ...

and

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

. He studied and photographed the Indian Woods of Bertie County where the first reservation was established to hold Native Americans.

East Carolina University East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university, public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina. Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...

has a collection of his papers documenting Bertie County for his book on the area. He was inducted into the African American Hall of Fame Museum in

Peoria, Illinois Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...

. He is a member of Pi Gamma Mu.

Writings

*''Bertie County: An Eastern Carolina History'' (2002) *''Blacks at Bradley, 1897-2000'' *''Mapping Native American History'' *''The Atlas of African-American History and Politics: From the Slave Trade to Modern'' with Jeffrey M. Elliot

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Bradley University faculty Brandeis University faculty Historians of African Americans North Carolina A&T State University faculty Historians of Native Americans University of Memphis faculty Historians of North Carolina North Carolina Central University alumni Ohio State University alumni People from Bertie County, North Carolina {{US-historian-stub