By Marybeth Gasman, Ph.D. The first time I stepped foot into a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) library was at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1994. As I walked across campus, I remember being nervous, feeling slightly out of place. Yet, the students on campus were incredibly kind, pointing me in the direction of the…
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HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) Executive Director Marybeth Gasman and Senior Research Associate Levon T. Esters are proud to release a new book examining the role Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) play in empowering Black students, fostering economic development, building community, and mentoring leaders and activists. HBCU: The Power of Historically Black…
An Exploration of Material Culture: A Case Study of Tranby National Indigenous Adult Education & Training
The following is an excerpt from the collection of critical essays from The Samuel Dewitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice by Le’Passion Darby, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign February 9, 2020. After a fifteen-hour outbound flight from Chicago, I had finally landed in Sydney, Australia. My objective? To observe, photograph, and record material culture…
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