Black History Month Facts
Johnnetta B. Cole became the seventh president of Spelman College in 1987. She is the author of many scholarly articles focusing on race and class in the Pan-African world.
Johnnetta B. Cole became the seventh president of Spelman College in 1987. She is the author of many scholarly articles focusing on race and class in the Pan-African world.
Reverend Vernon Johns strongly opposed segregation and on one occasion walked into a white restaurant and ordered a sandwich, knowing that in doing so he was putting his life at risk.
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Women’s & Gender Studies Department will be hosting a “What Makes a Women’s History Month Necessary” panel discussion in honor of Women’s History Month. The panel will be held Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 at 7:00PM in CMU 101. Panelists include President Blackhurst, Karen Branden, Michelle Malott, Annette Morrow, and Bev Wesley. If you […]
Mary Seacole opened her own hotel and treated soldiers from the Crimean war.
Ruby Bridges was the first African American to enter an all-white school when the New Orleans public school system was ordered to desegregate in 1960.