全国有色人种协进会威廉与玛丽分会选择历史系获得2011年学术院系奖
4月24日，全国有色人种协进会威廉与玛丽分会将向历史系颁发2011年学术院系奖。 这个奖项是为了表彰“学生、教职员工和当地社区团体的努力和成就，他们努力建立跨越差异的桥梁，促进一个真正包容的社区。”
In naming the Department of 历史 as a recipient of this award, the William & Mary chapter of the NAACP specifically cited the Department of 历史's support of and involvement in the 柠檬计划：和解之旅, as well as the role that William & Mary faculty members played in 识别并公布重大错误 regarding African American history (such as the statement that two black battalions fought under the command of Stonewall Jackson during the American Civil War) in a widely used fourth-grade Virginia history textbook.