Five HBCU-Related March on Washington Secrets

Fifty years ago on this day, thousands of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) staff, faculty, alumni and students (as well as future ones) were participants in the 1963 March on Washington. Think you know everything there is to know about their involvement? We’re betting you don’t. Here are the five best kept secrets of HBCU-related involvement … Continue reading →

You Saw The Best In Me: Shaw’s Evingerlean Blakney #MyHBCUMyStory

At the age of 26 I am working on a third degree, which is a PhD in Higher Education Administration. What is the irony? I have yet to pay a dime for my education. Why is that important? Well, it all connects back to what Shaw University did for me. As a first-generation college student … Continue reading →

On Finding Your Way

Give light and people will find their way. – Ella Baker, Shaw University ’27,  Civil Rights Activist (1903 – 1986) Continue reading →

Godmother of SNCC: Remembering Shaw Alumna Ella Baker

Today marks the closing date of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee‘s (SNCC) founding meeting, held at Shaw University April 15-17, 1960. Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) gathered under the guidance of Shaw alumna, Ella Josephine Baker and Spelman College professor Howard Zinn, to formally organize their efforts to dismantle Jim Crow through nonviolent protest. A … Continue reading →