Tag Archives: Harvard University
Richard T. Greener: 1st Black Graduate of Harvard University
Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Richard Theodore Greener was the first Black graduate from Harvard University in 1870. He was a man of many accomplishments – one that should often be celebrated.
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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. Donna Oliver: Mississippi Valley State University
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Donna H. Oliver is the sixth president and first woman to lead MississippiValley State University. She has a distinguished career as a K-12 public school biology and chemistry teacher, a college professor and K-16 administrator that spans 30 years.
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Geoffrey Canada: President & CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
In his 20-plus years with Harlem Children’s Zone, Inc., Geoffrey Canada has become nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform. The New York Times Magazine called the agency’s work, “one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time.
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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. David Holmes Swinton: Benedict College
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. David Holmes Swinton is the 13th president of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. As president, Dr. Swinton oversees all areas and departments of the 139-year-old Institution with student enrollment that exceeds 2,800.
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David Harold Blackwell: 1st African-American in the National Academy of Sciences
Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
David Harold Blackwell (born April 24, 1919) is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and is one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell theorem. Born in Centralia, Illinois, he was the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, and the first black tenured faculty member at UC Berkeley.
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Nell Irvin Painter: Author, Artist, Historian who recently released “The History of White People”
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Nell Irvin Painter is a noted historian and author who specializes in late 19th and early 20th century American history. She is particularly interested in the experiences of African Americans, women, and the poor and working classes, people who have traditionally been excluded from positions of power. Her recent release “The History of White People” is making news.
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Omar Wasow: co-founder of BlackPlanet.com
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Omar Wasow, 39, is a Ph.D. candidate in African American studies and Government at Harvard. In addition to his graduate work, Omar is the co-founder of BlackPlanet.com (now owned by Radio-One) and an on-air technology analyst.
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Dr. Joy DeGruy: Researcher, Motivational Speaker, Author, Educator
Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Joy DeGruy is a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, educator, author and presenter. Dr. Joy, as most know her, is a tell-it-like-it-is ambassador for healing and a voice for those who’ve struggled in search of the past, and continue to struggle through the present.
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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. Billy C. Hawkins: Talladega College
Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Billy C. Hawkins became the 20th President of Talladega College beginning January 1, 2008. Previously, he served as the 20th President of Texas College from December 1, 2000 to December 31, 2007.
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Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Imagine a world in which people like you have no written history, or that which has been written is incomplete or distorted. Before Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875–1950) began his work, there was very little information, and much of that stereotypical misinformation, about the lives and history of Americans of African descent.
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Alain Locke: 1st Black Rhodes Scholar, Author, Full Philosophy Professor @ Howard
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
The preeminent African American intellectual of his generation, Alain Locke was the leading promoter and interpreter of the artistic and cultural contributions of African Americans to American life. More than anyone else, he familiarized white Americans with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, while encouraging African American authors to set high artistic standards in their depiction of life. As a professor of philosophy, he expounded his theory of “cultural pluralism” that valued the uniqueness of different styles and values available within a democratic society.
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Ruth Simmons: 1st Black President of an Ivy League School
Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Ruth J. Simmons was sworn in as the 18th president of Brown University on July 3, 2001. She also holds an appointment as professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Africana Studies. She was president of Smith College from 1995 until the time of her appointment at Brown. She is the first Black President of an Ivy League school.
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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. George C. Wright: Prairie View A&M University
Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. George C. Wright, noted African-American scholar, is the seventh President of Prairie View A&M University, the second oldest public institution of higher education in Texas.
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Robert P. Moses: Civil Rights Activist & Founder of The Algebra Project
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Robert P. Moses was a Freedom Rider in the 1960s and is founder of The Algebra Project, an innovative program that teaches mathematics literacy to children to prepare them for higher education and success in life.
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Khadijah Williams: From Homeless to Harvard
Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Khadijah Williams, 18, overcomes a lifetime in shelters and on skid row. Khadijah was in third grade when she first realized the power of test scores, placing in the 99th percentile on a state exam. Her teachers marked the 9-year-old as gifted, a special category that Khadijah, even at that early age, vowed to keep.
“I still remember that exact number,” Khadijah said. “It meant only 0.01 students tested better than I did.
