Lessons In Leadership | HBCUs + Black Fraternities and Sororities

Originally published in HBCU Digest magazine, June 2014. It is virtually impossible to think about the culture of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) without thinking about the place of Black Greek Lettered Organizations (BGLOs) on many, if not most, of their campuses. Dubbed the “Divine Nine,” after the nine-member National Pan-Hellenic Council, Incorporated (NPHC), … Continue reading →

Everyone Has A Story, Live A Life That Truly Matters | Telling the #HBCUstory

It’s been more than two years since I founded HBCUstory, Inc., an advocacy initiative to preserve, present and promote, inspiring stories of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. And what a ride it has been! Everyone has a story. Here is mine. In the fall of 1999, I entered Fisk University as 17 year-old, first-generation, college freshman. … Continue reading →

Storyteller of the Year Legend Awardee: Paul Quinn President Michael J. Sorrell, Esq.

In 2007, Michael J. Sorrell fought his way into the presidency of Dallas, Texas’ now 140-year old historically black Paul Quinn College. Since that time Sorrell has transformed PQC, which sits on 146-acres in the low-income Highland Hills community, raising the college’s profile and building the Quinnite Nation. For his commitment to the WE over ME … Continue reading →

Thank You! From, HBCUstory

Dear Friends of HBCUstory: There is a Bible passage in which Jesus conveys the difficulty of a prophet being accepted in his own land. While I certainly don’t consider myself a woman of the cloth, I can proudly say that the approximately 100+ attendees of the inaugural HBCUstory Symposium braved torrential rain and a number … Continue reading →

My Life Does The Singing: Hampton’s Halima Leak #MyHBCUMyStory

Almost 20 years after graduating from Hampton University, there are days when I can still recall exactly what it felt like to be a student there.  My first visit to the cafeteria in the historic Virginia-Cleveland Hall; the soirees (not parties) where we could be found discussing the influence of Harlem Renaissance literature on hip … Continue reading →

An Audacious Legacy: Howard’s Michelle Janaye #MyHBCUMyStory

leg·a·cy [leg-uh-see] noun, plural leg·a·cies. 1. anything handed down from the past to the present, as from an ancestor to predecessor. When I consider the legacy left to me by history’s most prominent HBCU students, alumni and professors, I find that it is their commitment to revolution that inspires me the most. I marvel at … Continue reading →

Greatness…One Student At A Time: Paul Quinn’s Eddie Francis #MyHBCUMyStory

As a public relations and marketing professional, it has been an honor to promote HBCUs. Although I am not a product of an HBCU, I have had the pleasure of being a part of a culture that is nothing short of purely genuine. As I recall a piece I wrote called “The value of an … Continue reading →

Register Now! 2013 HBCUSTORY Symposium

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Nashville-Based HBCUSTORY Announces Distinguished HBCU President as Keynote for Inaugural Symposium

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** CONTACT: Crystal A. deGregory, Ph.D. Executive Editor HBCUSTORY, Inc. 615.601.1866 cadegregory@HBCUstory.com Nashville-Based HBCUSTORY Announces Distinguished HBCU President as Keynote for Inaugural Symposium Symposium will also feature 15 scholars from across the nation NASHVILLE, TN – March 18, 2013: Nashville-based HBCUSTORY Inc. announces that Michael J. Sorrell, Esq., president of Paul Quinn College … Continue reading →