A distinguished professor emeritus who gave more than 70 years of service, Dr. Thomas Freeman is an iconic coach who led the University’s award-winning Debate...
William A. “Bill” Lawson was born in St. Louis, Mo., reared in Kansas City, Kansas, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at Tennessee...
Do you know who is responsible for the for the annual Black Heritage Society’s MLK Parade? Civil Rights ‘warrior’ Ovide Duncantell. Duncantell was born in...
By: Jeniece Thompson John Henry (Jack) Yates was born into slavery in Gloucester County, Virginia on July 11, 1828. Even though it was illegal, he...
By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. Mickey Leland was a person who believed in helping others. He once stated, “I am as much of a citizen of...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson Civil Rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on June 13, 1967, making him the first African...
Black women stood on the frontlines to help push President Joe Biden over the top in the 2020 election. As the nation awaits word on...
In what may be the most heartbreaking study that was ever done showing how racial bias has torn apart our community, we revisit the “Black...
During these times when voting rights of African Americans and other people of color are under attack, we want to continue to highlight those “forgotten”...
By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. It has been 54 years since the death of the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and 59 years since he...
