I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure but I can’t imagine that I’d forgive myself if I didn’t try. Nikki Giovanni, Poet, Activist, Educator Continue reading
Nothing is easy to the unwilling. Nikki Giovanni, Poet, Activist, Educator Continue reading
On this day in 1866, they came Despite being pelted by rocks and assailed with racist diatribes, they came Working during the day for lessons at night, they came Walking barefoot, they came Ranging in ages from 7 to 70, they came They came to the Fisk School More than 100 years later, I came … Continue reading
God restores. Crystal A. deGregory, Historian, Storyteller, Executive Editor – HBCUstory Continue reading
![Katrina, Reclaiming a Part of Me | Joshua L. Lazard, [Dillard +] Fisk ’06](https://hbcustory.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/dillard-university-hurricane-katrina.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Katrina, Reclaiming a Part of Me | Joshua L. Lazard, [Dillard +] Fisk ’06")
by Joshua L. Lazard I got home the day before Labor Day 2005 and called around to schools across the nation. And I realized I wanted to go back to an HBCU, I seriously didn’t even call any white schools. The world was our oyster–seriously, Harvard and Yale had opened their doors to the college … Continue reading
Father God, Your wisdom has allowed us to travel our collegiate journey with grace. You have allowed us to go through many trials and tribulations. Many times we praise you for the tribulations, but the trials are what have made us into a time such as this. See, My God, we are on the brink … Continue reading
I’m so hip even my errors are correct. Nikki Giovanni, Poet, Activist, Educator Continue reading
If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past. John Hope Franklin, PhD (1915-2009) Historian, Scholar, Author, Professor Continue reading
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931), Journalist, Editor, Civil Rights Leader Continue reading
If you’ve been using Rachel Dolezal‘s matriculation at Howard University, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), as a measure of her trans-blackness: stop. Just stop. Attending an HBCU doesn’t make a person black, any more than eating apple pie makes one American. Must it really be explained … Continue reading
