Monthly Archives: February 2014
Wiley College Debate Team
The 1930 Wiley College Debate Team won the National Championship. Wiley College defeated USC not Harvard as depicted in the movie “The Great Debaters”. The actual difficulty for Wiley was that they won the championship of a debate league … Continue reading
Church Roots Run Deep Among HBCUs
In the years after the Civil War, there were millions of newly-freed Black children and adults who emerged from slavery worn but eager and determined to get something they never had—a chance to learn how to read the Bible, write … Continue reading
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) is a premier mission-driven university dedicated to transforming the lives of underserved communities through health professions education, biomedical research and compassionate patient care. Since incorporating in 1966 out of the ashes … Continue reading
Morgan State University Lacrosse Team
The Morgan State University Lacrosse Bears was the only lacrosse team established to play NCAA-level lacrosse at a historically black institution. The team, from Baltimore, Maryland, defeated schools like Harvard and Notre Dame and upset a #1 ranked team in … Continue reading
Winter Olympic Special
Vonetta Flowers, Shani Davis, Yannick Bonheur and Vanessa James are not household name but they are history makers. Vonetta Flowers was a star sprinter and long jumper at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and originally aspired to make the … Continue reading
Vivian Malone Jones
Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was an African-American woman, one of the first two African Americans (James Hood) to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and the university’s first African American graduate. … Continue reading
John Hargis, First Black Graduate of University of Texas Austin
John W. Hargis, the first black to receive an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. After deciding to become an engineer, he attempted to enroll at the University of Texas in 1954, but was … Continue reading
Alain Leroy Locke, First Black Rhodes Scholar
Alain Leroy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. In a popular publication, The Black 100, Alain Locke ranks as the 36th most influential African American ever, past … Continue reading
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Founded as the African Institute in February 1837 and renamed the Institute of Colored Youth (ICY) in April 1837, Cheyney University is the oldest African American institution of higher learning, though degrees were not granted from Cheyney until 1914, when … Continue reading
Civil Rights Movement in Higher Education
Welcome to Black History Month. Colleges and Universities were heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s. This month I feature 28 moments of Black History throughout higher education in America. The Greensboro 4 On Feb. 1, 1960 … Continue reading
Chronicles of Education.... 