When June comes dancing o’er the death of May, With scarlet roses tinting her green breast, And mating thrushes ushering in her day, And Earth on tiptoe for her golden guest, I always see the evening when we met– The first of June baptized in tender rain– And walked home through the wide streets, gleaming … Continue reading
Character is power. Booker T. Washington, Educator, Orator, Author, College President Continue reading
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Booker T. Washington, Educator, Orator, Author, College President Continue reading
Tuskegee is my heart. Nothing is as dear to me as Tuskegee. Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911-2015) Educator and Civil Rights Activist Continue reading
Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in the face of certain defeat. Ralph Ellison (1914-1994), Novelist, Scholar + Writer Continue reading
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. – George Washington Carver, botanist, scientist, inventor, Tuskegee University Professor Continue reading
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
This content was initially offered as “The State of the Story: HBCU Relevance is a Losing Proposition,” the closing remarks of the 2014 HBCUstory Symposium, which was held in Washington, D.C. on October 24 + 25 at the Association of Public Land-grant Universities. Barnard, Wellesley, Smith, Mills and Sweet Briar are women’s colleges; no one asks … Continue reading
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. Booker T. Washington, educator, author, orator, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Hampton University), 1875 Continue reading
When I discover who I am, I’ll be free. Ralph Ellison (1913-1994), Novelist, Literary Critic, Scholar, Tuskegee University Continue reading
