Renewing the Legacybison Editor’S Letter Volume 20, Number 3

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Renewing the LegacyBison Editor’s Letter Volume 20, Number 3

PRESIDENT Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Building on the Judi Moore Latta, Ph.D.

EDITOR Bison Legacy Raven Padgett

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mobosola Asanpaola, Jordan Duckens, It’s been four years since Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D., opened the 2008–2009 academic Jo-Ann English, Damien T. Frierson, year with an optimistic message about the University’s future. As he delivered his first M.S.W., Kerry-Ann Hamilton, Ph.D., full address as president of Howard during the 141st Opening Convocation, Ribeau Ron Harris, Shannen Hill, Tamara E. reflected on the University’s amazing legacy and how it had paved the way for so many. Holmes, Brittany Hutson, Yanick Rice Lamb, Rachel Mann, Debra Osemwegie, He also outlined some initial plans for how that legacy could be enhanced to help cul- Grace I. Virtue, Ph.D., Aleia Woods tivate future generations of young men and women. He spoke of collective engagement and support from the entire Howard family. “Our responsibility is to ensure that this CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS is fertile ground for that legacy to grow,” he said. Ceasar, Marvin T. Jones, Justin D. Knight Since then, the Ribeau administration has worked to “grow the legacy,” with a Howard Magazine has a circulation of focus on collaboration; academic, faculty and campus renewal; student achievement 80,000 and is published three times and retention; and renewed agendas for research and global initiatives. This issue of a year by the Office of University IHoward Magazine features Ribeau’s reflections on how these initiatives have impacted Communications. Please send address the University, while he provides a road map on how the University can continue to changes and letters to: build on the Bison legacy. 2225 Georgia Avenue, NW Suite 603 Also featured in this issue is an interview with Wendell Freeland, a longtime civil Washington, DC 20059 rights attorney and a former Tuskegee Airman who earned his wings, so to speak, Phone: 202-238-2330 while an undergrad at Howard in the 1940s. Freeland is featured in the Profiles in Fax: 202-986-0409 Leadership column, where he explains how his early experiences at Howard embold- E-mail: [email protected] ened him to wage personal battles against racism. With the release of the movie Red howardmagazine.idigitaledition.com Tails earlier this year, which was co-produced by alumnus Chas “Charles” Floyd Johnson, there has been a renewed To access this Cover photo: President Ribeau’s leadership issue and past interest in the Airmen, many of whom are Howard alums. has left an indelible mark on the University, issues of Howard Thankfully, a new generation can now witness the courage and has helped students think about how Magazine, visit that Freeland and his “fly boy” brothers demonstrated so they can create their own Bison legacy. howard long ago. magazine. Front cover photo: Ceasar Finally, in keeping with Ribeau’s directive of growing idigitaledition. com. the legacy, the University recently launched a $25 million Back cover illustration: Alex Barnes scholarship campaign designed to reduce the disparity in unmet financial need for students in good academic Stay up-to-date with events and news at Howard. standing. Ribeau announced the Bridging the Gap Student www.howard.edu/newsroom and Aid Campaign during this year’s Charter Day Dinner in March. The primary goal www.howard.edu/Capstone. of the campaign is student retention. Please take a moment to complete the envelope enclosed in this magazine and give back to your alma mater to support this campaign and others so that the fertile ground, which President Ribeau spoke about four years ago, will flourish. We hope you enjoy this issue, and, as always, we welcome your feedback and encourage you to send us an e-mail at [email protected]. Design and Copyediting

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features 14 Renewing the Bison Legacy Four years later, the tenure of President Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D., is defined by academic renewal and campus revitalization, while his vision for Howard University’s future includes increasing research and global initiatives.

Footsteps: Hilltop News and Events 00 3 Spotlight On Footprints: Alumni Profiles and Updates 22 Notable Alumni 24 Profiles in Leadership 4 On Campus: News and 26 Milestones: Alumni Achievements Events 30 In Memoriam 32 Bison Bookshelf Spotlight On

Connaitre Miller By Brittany Hutson (B.A. ’09)

At age 4, Connaitre Miller learned to play the piano simply by imitating songs she heard. But in her first year at Kansas State University, her dreams of becoming a classical pianist dissipated because, she says, she lacked the discipline to spend the required hours practicing. In her junior year, she enrolled in an elective class, Jazz Lab Band, even though she had no experience playing jazz music and hadn’t grown up listening to it. She fell in love with the Amusic and became especially interested in vocal jazz ensemble. Today, Miller is sharing her talent and love for jazz with students in Howard’s music department as an associate professor and vocal jazz coordinator. She is also the force behind the award-winning jazz vocal ensemble group, Afro Blue. Before arriving at Howard in 2001, Miller spent six years in South Australia at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, where she built a jazz vocal program. When Miller formed Afro Blue in 2002, she wanted to introduce students to the various styles of jazz. “I had no idea it was going to take off the way it did,” she says. Last June, Miller organized the Afro Blue Reunion Jazz Choir, with 24 former and current Afro Blue members who performed with vocalist Bobby McFerrin at the 2011 DC Jazz Festival. This April, Afro Blue released its third CD, The Best Is Yet to Come, a compilation of music the group recorded from May 2010–May 2011. But it was the prime-time debut this s

past fall on NBC’s The Sing-Off, a real- ne ity singing competition series featuring the country’s best a cappella groups, that

placed Afro Blue in the national spotlight. j o t. marvin

2 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 “One of the best things about that “One of the best things about that experience was hearing other people tell experience was hearing other people me how much respect they had for all the people in Afro Blue,” she says. “They repre- tell me how much respect they had sented Howard and young African Ameri- cans extremely well.” for all the people in Afro Blue. They Miller, whose postgraduate study is in choral conducting with an emphasis in jazz represented Howard and young African pedagogy from the University of North- ern Colorado, admits that many students Americans extremely well.” arrive to Howard’s music program with no jazz background, particularly because the music is not taught in public schools. Miller was initially cautious about having the group compete on “It’s a shame, because jazz is African Americans’ musical gift the show. to the world,” she says. “I don’t really like reality competitions,” she says. “People had Miller serves as the northeastern vocal jazz representative for sent me information about the show for two years and I had been the National Association for Music Education’s Council for Jazz ignoring it.” Education, an organization that advocates for jazz to be incorpo- Once Miller learned more about the show from the casting rated into music curriculums throughout the U.S. director, she decided the experience would be valuable for her Miller considers the work she has done with Afro Blue the students. biggest accomplishment of her career thus far. “I’m kind of a While the group—which included three current Howard stu- gypsy,” she says. “I don’t usually stay in one place too long, but dents and seven alumni from 2011 and 2010—was dealing with God knows this is what I’m supposed to be doing right now.” the pressures of reality television, Miller was dealing with her own She has developed an undeniable bond with her students challenges. She was required to do arrangements for songs selected that remains even after they receive their diploma. Many, like by the show’s producers, songs she had never heard before. Reginald Bowens (B.A. ’11), consider Miller a mother figure and “I had never seen the show before, so I really didn’t know what often reach out to her for career guidance. the format was or what was involved in the show,” she says. “She is a great teacher who caters to her students,” he says. Though Afro Blue did not make it to the finals, Miller says it was “Because of the work she’s done within the jazz department, a worthwhile experience for the group, which won adoring fans and we’ve had more opportunities to perform and reach more received a crash course about the music business in eight weeks. people.” Since then, the students that represented the group on the show have formed a performing entity called Afro Blue Vocal Band. Hutson is a writer based in Maryland.

Afro Blue’s success on The Sing-Off placed Howard’s music department in the national spotlight. On Campus News

The Rebirth of the Howard Theatre

In April, Howard University and the LeDroit Park community were reunited with an old friend, the Howard The- atre. The theater’s return was led by Roy “Chip” Ellis (B.A. ’89), whose Ellis Development Group sparked the $29 million renovation. The revitalization effort revitalization efforts. (For this and other theater built for African Americans in the was also supported by Howard Univer- contributions, a tribute to Howard Uni- country. The venue launched some of the sity, which provided $200,000 in grant versity has been placed prominently on world’s biggest stars and legends. From funding from a HUD/HBCU community the donor wall in the theater lobby.) Duke Ellington to Marvin Gaye, anyone Idevelopment block grant in 2008 for the The Howard Theatre is the oldest major who was anyone had a moment in the Ceasar Howard Magazine Summer 2012 spotlight of its stage. The Howard Play- ers performed often at the theater in the early 1900s. Ellis says the idea of “amateur Howard Scholars night” was even created there. In 2011, Ellis Development partnered with Four Points and the Jarvis Company to Study Abroad to start building Progression Place, a mixed-use, transit-oriented development Two Howard University students, Kyle R. with 100,000 square feet of office space, a Burton and Rehana Packwood, received 205-unit luxury apartment building and the Luard Scholarship and will spend more than 19,000 square feet of ground- their junior year studying in the United level retail, as well as a two-level under- Kingdom. ground parking garage. With that under Burton, a biology major from St. Louis, way, the theater was ready for renovation. Mo., plans to become a transplant sur- Today, the Howard Theatre boasts geon. He is vice president of program- more than double its original square foot- ming for Phi Delta Epsilon International age. The full-service bars, kitchen, green Medical Fraternity, D.C. Alpha Chapter, rooms and other amenities also make it a and honors council representative for jewel for the city. The historic theater dons the College of Arts and Sciences Honors a replica of its original 1910 façade, topped Association. Packwood, a graphic design by the “Jazz Man” and flanked by Duke major from Orlando, Fla., serves on the Ellington immortalized in a statue. executive board for the Japanese Culture An additional facility will be con- Club on campus. structed directly adjacent to the south end Since 1969, the Luard Scholarship— of the theater and will be the home of the sponsored by the English-Speaking Howard Theatre Culture and Education Union—has provided full junior-year- Center. The center will house the Howard abroad scholarships to the United Kingdom Theatre Museum, classrooms, a listening for academically talented sophomores

library, offices, a recording studio, confer- attending Howard or Hampton, as well as Justin Knight D. ence rooms and a donor lounge. United Negro College Fund institutions.

Law School Ranks Highly in Public Service The Howard University School of Law was ranked by The National Jurist magazine as one of the top 20 schools in the nation for producing public service graduates. The schools were identified based on data collected from American Bar Asso- ciation law schools across the nation. Top-rated schools had strong showings in job placement, curriculum and standard of living. Howard’s ranking was within the government sector category. The other public service categories ranked by the magazine were prosecution and public defenders, state and local clerkships and public interest. The rankings appeared in the January 2012 issue of the magazine. At Howard, 19 percent of new law school graduates take jobs in the government sector, a per- centage that outranks a number of other law schools in the country. The School of Law’s location also sets it apart. Ten of the top 15 law schools for government are located in either Washington, D.C.,

or in a state capital. Justin Knight D.

Summer 2012 On Campus New Leader at Helm of Moorland-Spingarn and University Libraries

Howard Dodson Jr., a national leader Dodson says his main focus at How- prise. This is done by making the library in the movement to preserve African- ard will be directed at the renovation of more available for study and research.” American history, was named director of Moorland-Spingarn—recognized as one of Dodson is credited with extending the the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center the world’s most comprehensive facilities reach and reputation of the Schomburg and the Howard University Library Sys- for the documentation of the history and Center through major exhibitions and tem. Dodson retired last year as director of culture of people of African descent—and acquisitions. Under his direction, the cen- Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research upgrading the University’s library system. ter’s holdings doubled to 10 million, while in Black Culture after 27 years of service. He has already increased the hours of attendance tripled to 120,000 people per “Howard Dodson brings a wealth of operation at Moorland, from three to five year. Acquisitions included the collections knowledge and expertise,” said President days, and the Undergraduate Library is of Malcolm X, Lorraine Hansberry and Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D. “He will be instru- now open 24 hours a day. He also plans to Maya Angelou. Hmental as we execute our research agenda relaunch the Moorland website. Dodson was born in Chester, Pa., in and preserve our cultural treasures.” “We have too few centers that are docu- 1939 and graduated from West Chester menting the global State College in 1961 with a degree in Black experience. social studies and secondary education. Moorland has been In 1964, he earned a master’s degree in one of the most impor- history and political science from Vil- tant ones for nearly 100 lanova University. After graduation, he H years,” he said. joined the Peace Corps, serving for two Dodson believes years in Ecuador and later as a national that Moorland- Peace Corps staff member. Spingarn is a direct Dodson’s books include Becoming passage to African- American: The African-American Journey; American history on In Motion: the African-American Migra- Howard’s campus and tion Experience; Jubilee: the Emergence of wants to build a stron- African-American Culture; and The Black ger connection with New Yorkers: The Schomburg Illustrated students, the faculty Chronology. and the University’s In recognition of his contribution to the curriculum. development of the Schomburg Center, “The students too Dodson has received honorary doctor- often mistake the ates from Villanova University, the City function of the library University of New York, West Chester to be a place where you State University, Adelphi University and go to the stacks and Widener University. In 2010, Dodson you sit and be quiet. I was designated a New York City “Living want that to change,” Landmark” by the New York Landmarks he says. “The library Conservancy. should be a proac- “I do things with the aim of being suc- tive participant in the cessful,” he says. “I have no aspirations to

student learning enter- be less than the best.” Justin Knight D.

Summer 2012 Divinity School to Study Black Churches The School of Divinity received a $1 million, three-year research grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant— “Equipping the Saints: Promising Prac- tices in Black Congregational Life”—will President Ribeau study African-American churches in three major cities and one rural location and document the best practices Named Educator in those communities that lead to the spiritual, physical of the Year and mental health in Black congregations. Howard University President Sidney A. international affairs and global education. Divinity school Ribeau, Ph.D., received the Educator “Global education is an essential faculty, doctoral stu- of the Year Award at the World Affairs ingredient of democratic societies, and dents and others Council’s 2012 Global Education Gala nations must prepare their citizens for will work in teams, in Washington, D.C. The theme for the involvement with a culturally diverse conducting research gala was “A National Priority: Bridging a and interconnected worldwide commu- in Atlanta, Detroit, Global Education Learning Gap.” nity,” Ribeau said. “True citizenship now Washington, D.C., Alton B. Pollard III Ribeau accepted the award on behalf assumes an awareness of different cultures and Tuskegee, Ala. of Howard faculty, students, staff and and religions and global political, envi- “We will be look- alumni and in recognition of the past and ronmental, technological and economic ing at everything from youth, economic current roles the University has played in systems.” development and the worship experi- H ence to mental health, HIV/AIDS and criminal offenders,” said Alton B. Pollard III, Ph.D., dean of the School of Divinity and the grant’s principal investigator. A Divinity school faculty member will head each research team. Within each community, the faculty will work with doctoral students and professors at local universities and colleges. The researchers will choose at least two churches in each community to exam- ine, with no specific requirements other than having congregations that are primarily of African descent. “They can be of any denomination, The Department of Theatre Arts’ season came to a close with Passing heritage, small or large,” Pollard said. Strange, a semi-autobiographical story of a young Black man who “They can be store front, they can be leaves behind his middle-class upbringing in mid-1970s Los Angeles mega churches, none of them are out of to travel to Europe in search of his artistic and personal identity. After bounds.” sellout performances this season for Miss Evers’ Boys and For Colored Pollard said the school will set up a Girls, the Department of Theatre Arts is looking forward to another resource bank on its website, and at the outstanding year. Justin Knight D. conclusion of the project will publish a book with contributions from those who worked on the project.

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 7 On Campus Online MBA Program Calvin H. Launches Sinnette, Ph.D.

This spring, Howard University began classes for its new online Executive MBA program. The online format of the Examining 42-credit hour, 18-month program is designed to deliver a management education that is accessible to profession- the Life of als who desire to work full time while completing their degree. “EMBA offers one of the best pro- an Unsung grams in terms of history and legacy and is presented on a platform accessible around the world,” said Kim Hero Wells, Ph.D., director of The School of Business Executive Education In March, author Calvin H. Sinnette, Programs. Ph.D., (M.D. ’49) gave a lecture in The School of Business has been Founders Library on one of the unsung ranked among the top U.S. schools by heroes of the Harlem Renaissance, alum- Bloomberg Businessweek. The Prince- nus Rudolph Fisher (M.D. ’24). Sinnette, ton Review has consistently ranked emeritus clinical professor of pediatrics School of Business Dean Barron Howard’s MBA program as the top in the College of Medicine and former Harvey, Ph.D. (front center), with business program for the “Greatest assistant vice president of health affairs at the inaugural EMBA class Opportunity for Minority Students.” Howard, has spent 20 years researching Justin Knight D. Fisher’s contributions during that prolific era. He will soon publish his work in what will be the first biography of Fisher, a physician and radiologist at Howard, and the author of The Walls of Jericho, about Black life in Harlem. (Fisher is also credited with writing the first detective novel with Black characters.) During the lecture, Sinnette shared much of his research on the man who was a contemporary of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, and described the role that Howard University played in Fisher’s life. “What I found most interesting about him is the fact that he was so talented and had so much ability,” says Sinnette. “Howard showed him that he could get the same kind of education that he could get anywhere and that there were bril- The 20th Annual Scandrett Disabilities Fund Fundraiser and Awards Ceremony was held in March. Arthur Scandrett (B.A. ’69), pictured, center, established the fund to liant faculty members and students here help the University’s disabled students and through the years has distributed more at Howard. He was proud to be a member

than 70 scholarships. For more information, visit www.disabilitiesscholarship.com. of the student body.” Justin Knight D.

8 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 Digitally Speaking Bison Apps for This & That By Yanick Rice Lamb loaded on Android devices and 18 billion on Mac products. Both Apple and Google An Anacostia resident can learn more claim 1 billion downloads a month. about community gardens in Southeast Hatley is pleased that more people Washington or other quadrants of the of color are using technology, but she District through a mobile application says it’s even more important to create created by schoolchildren. Called Go it. That’s why she founded the STEM Green D.C.: Community Garden Edition, afterschool program for middle and high the app is making its debut on Google school students through her nonprofit, Play this summer, thanks to alumna Uplift Inc. For her efforts to diversify Leshell Hatley (B.S.C.E. ’94; M.C.S. ’98). experts in STEM, Hatley won a $162,000 Lamb In 2009, Hatley founded Youth grant from the MacArthur Foundation AppLab, an afterschool program that through its Digital Media and Learning helps schoolchildren solve math prob- Aexposes African-American and Latino Competition. lems, said Burge, who also taught Hatley students to STEM (science, technology, Other Bison developers attracting and Bell. engineering and mathematics) topics national attention include: Tiffani Bell, During the spring semester, the Uni- through the creation of Android apps. who after playing phone tag with her versity’s Enterprise Technology Services Hatley is one of a growing number of hair stylist, came up with Pencil You (ETS) launched an “App of the Week” Bison stimulating the development and In so women can book salon appoint- program to help students, faculty and use of apps to enlighten, empower and ments online; Kenicia Cross (B.A. ’04), staff learn more about technology and entertain. Angelique Michelle (B.A. ’04) and Tif- work more efficiently. ETS researches In a 2011 Spring Tracking Survey, 36 fany Long (B.F.A. ’04), who allow people and highlights free tools for the program. percent of African-American and Hispanic to have a stylist at their fingertips with These include Junos Pulse, which makes respondents said they downloaded apps, the iCONIQ Virtual Wardrobe app; and it easier to use PeopleSoft; OnLive Desk- compared with 28 percent of Whites, Raissa Nebie (B.B.A. ’02), who blends top, which lets users view their computer according to the Pew Research Center’s food and people with the Spoondate app. files on iPads; and an app to help stu- Internet and American Life Project report, While these are all unique, “one of dents with final exams. ETS is also work- “Americans and Their Cell Phones.” the things we have to guard against is ing with Howard’s Center for Excellence Their ranks are increasing with the people building apps that already exist,” in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment so-called “appification of the Web” and cautions Todd Shurn, Ph.D., associate on technology training and rolling out a growing interest in targeted apps, each professor of systems and computer sci- program on iTunes U. narrowly focused on anything from ence. He encourages students to create The University plans to develop its paying parking meter fees to playing one-of-a-kind apps that are appealing yet own apps in the future. “We are revamp- Angry Birds. Apple says it has more than functional. ing our technology here at Howard,” says 500,000 apps in its App Store. By the start Shurn’s Game Engine Programming Trina L. Coleman, Ph.D., executive direc- of 2012, 10 billion apps had been down- class is working on an interdisciplinary tor of ETS. “It will be a benefit to our stu- project to create an educational app with dents if we empower our staff and faculty Digitally Speaking columnist Ingrid to embrace technology more and be more Sturgis and her journalism students. understanding of how it works, what it Send us your technology Through a collaboration with Google, can do and the things we have available.” news: [email protected] Legand L. Burge III, Ph.D., chairman of and [email protected] the Department of Systems and Com- Yanick Rice Lamb (M.B.A. ’05), co- and visit www.facebook. com/howarduniversity. puter Science, is teaching a class in which founder of Fully-Connected.com, is an his students are developing free and paid associate professor and coordinator of Android apps. The apps range from one the Print/Online Journalism Sequence at that can locate food trucks to a game that Howard University.

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 9 On Campus

Charter Day 2012

Howard University celebrated its 145th student. In January 2011, Harris became and I promise you, your impact will be year of “truth and service” in Cramton the first African-American and Indian- greater.” Auditorium in March during this year’s American woman to be elected Califor- Five alumni were honored for their Charter Day Convocation. California nia’s attorney general. accomplishments during the 88th Attorney General Kamala D. Harris “You, my Howard students, are on Annual Charter Day Dinner—George (B.A. ’86) served as the keynote speaker. the path right now,” she said. “It started W. Draper III (J.D. ’81), law; Freda C. Harris spoke on Howard’s mission of on the first day you walked onto this Lewis-Hall (M.D. ’80), medicine and developing distinguished, historically campus. As a Howard student, you have health care leadership; C. David Moody aware and compassionate students, and a role to play right now. Start now and Jr. (B. Arch. ’82), architecture; Sharon reflected on how her accomplishments take advantage of all this campus and our Pratt (B.A. ’65; J.D. ’68), politics; and M. Hstemmed from her successes as a Howard nation’s capital have to offer. Start now Kasim Reed (B.A. ’92; J.D. ’95), politics. Ceasar 10 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 Honoree Draper, trustee chair Rand and trustee Larkin Arnold Jr.

Harris gave an uplifting speech during this year’s Honoree Pratt, trustee chair Charter Day Rand and trustee Benaree Honoree Lewis-Hall with Convocation. Pratt Wiley President Ribeau

Charter Day The color guard commemorates is a proud the founding of tradition at the University in Howard. 1867.

President Ribeau with honoree Moody, trustee chair A. Barry Rand and trustee Cornelle Leverette Moore

President Ribeau with trustee Amy S. Hilliard and honoree Reed

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 11 On Campus

School of Social Work students and faculty spent 10 days in South Africa engaged in various aspects of service learning.

Service Learning and a native of Cape Town, such programs have become critical to not only the social work profession but Howard’s in South Africa mission of preparing students to serve By Damien T. Frierson, M.S.W. diverse communities. “The need to educate students to live and work in an ever-growing global society is now stronger than ever,” says Snell. “Programs like ours at Howard allow stu- For the third consecutive year, students dents to live up to our mission of prepar- and faculty members from the Howard ing leadership for America and the global University School of Social Work community.” (HUSSW) traveled to Cape Town, South In addition to their service activities, Africa, for 10 days as a part of the Inter- students were required to maintain jour- national Service Learning-Alternative nals chronicling their time in South Africa Spring Break (ISL-ASB) program. From and will share their experiences as part visiting child welfare programs, sub- of a presentation for the University com- stance abuse agencies, refugee centers munity. After reflecting on his visit to and community development programs Cape Town, Robert Taylor Jr., a first-year to participating in local service activities, M.S.W. student, was inspired by the dedi- FHUSSW students learned how they can cation that he noticed among the social enhance their own social work practice workers at the different agencies. “You saw in the U.S. this sense of passion and purpose in the According to Cudore L. Snell (D.S.W. way social workers approached their work ’88), dean of the School of Social Work in South Africa,” says Taylor. “It made me

12 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 consider how much more effective I can be as a social worker if I exude that same dedication to service.” “ISL-ASB equips students with a better understanding of themselves as prospective social workers,” says Sandra Edmonds Crewe (Ph.D. ’97), associate dean for academic affairs and student advancement. “Coming face to face with the poverty of the townships amidst the beauty of Cape Town is the perfect storm. It awakens the students to the unique opportunities they have when they return home to fight harder for social justice and Alternative Spring Break 2012 human rights.” The program has continued to grow This year, Howard students since it was first conceived as a part of and staff volunteered in Atlanta, HUSSW’s student leaders, faculty and Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, administrators’ efforts to best utilize Washington, D.C, and Haiti for the special funding from the University’s Net annual Alternative Spring Break. Tuition Revenue Rebate program in 2009. Led by ASB Executive Director “Since that time we have been able to Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, Ph.D., the provide this opportunity to 67 students volunteers participated in numer- and 18 faculty members,” says Lucinda ous activities, including tutoring Acquaye, graduate assistant to the dean, elementary school students, who has coordinated the trip since it advocating for stricter gun laws began. and rebuilding and enhancing This year’s highlights included visiting communities. the University of the Western Cape, participating in communion services with To read more about this year’s ASB anti-apartheid and human rights activist program, visit www.howard.edu/ Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and asb/2012. being acknowledged as visitors during a session of parliament. Still, students were most moved by their service within the local communities of Cape Town. The agencies that host HUSSW students also see the program as an opportunity for greater collabora- tions. Helen Shongwe, childcare worker and manager of Pinocchio Creche in Cape Town, views the visits as an opportunity to build friendships across cultures and countries. “I think the interaction with us is better than telling people about what we do,” says Shongwe. “For us it is a moral boost, it is a spiritual boost—a wonderful way of fellowship with people from different night

. k areas and cultures.” ustin d j Frierson is a writer based in Maryland.

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Renewing Legacy the Bison By Tamara E. Holmes (B.A. ’94)

Four years in, the tenure of President Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D., is defined by academic renewal and campus revitalization, while his vision for Howard University’s future includes increasing research and global initiatives.

When President Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D., academic programs, we must utilize our delivered the 141st Opening Convocation resources and we must have systems of address on Sept. 26, 2008, a spirit of hope reward and accountability that assure and promise punctuated the air. Cram- excellence in everything that we do.” ton Auditorium was filled to capacity, as He then outlined part of his plan for students, faculty, administrators, staff achieving that vision. He mentioned the and alumni anticipated getting a preview need for renovated facilities and spoke of the University’s future. For some, it of his desire to see Howard significantly would be their first opportunity to get a expand its research portfolio as one of the feel for the new president. country’s premier research institutions. He WRibeau spoke of Howard’s history and also described the importance of develop- the accomplishments of such alumni as for- ing a “customer service orientation,” a mer Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and proclamation that was met with thunder- Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morri- ous applause and a standing ovation. son, both of whom transformed their fields He even gave the Howard community and the world with their contributions. But an idea of what his leadership style would while he lauded Howard’s storied past, he be. “Collaboration” and “transparency” honed in on the future: “Our responsibility were the words he used. “A leader can- is to ensure that this is fertile ground for not separate himself or herself from the that legacy to grow,” he said. people,” he said. In order for that to happen, he con- Since that day four years ago, Ribeau tinued, “we can’t just say because we has been making good on those

photos Ceasar by were that we will be. We must develop promises.

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 15 “What I heard him say is what I’ve seen him do,” says LaSalle Leffall (M.D. ’52), interim provost and senior vice president “… we can’t just say because for Academic Affairs and Health Sci- ences. “He’s living up to what he’s out- we were that we will be. lined. He’s not just saying one thing and doing another.” We must develop academic A Time of Great Change As the unanimous choice of the Uni- programs, we must utilize versity’s Board of Trustees to become Howard’s 16th president, Ribeau began our resources and we must his term during a time of tremendous change both in the country and in higher have systems of reward and education. The United States was on the verge of electing its first African- accountability that assure American president. At the same time, the country was teetering dangerously excellence in everything that close to another Great Depression. Col- leges and universities across the country we do.” were experiencing their own crises as the

16 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 economic fallout impacted gov- the degree that it once had. Ribeau also sense. “There were some programs that ernment funding, private giving recognized that it was difficult to finance hadn’t graduated a student in five years and and students’ ability to secure and sustain all of the academic programs had two currently enrolled in courses. For loans for tuition and related at the high level of excellence associated them to get the same support as a program educational costs. with the University’s tradition. PCAR that has 1,200 students wasn’t in the best “What happens in the national provided an opportunity for Howard to interest of the University.” economy and what happens in build upon its strengths and determine And while much of the attention sur- higher education also impact which programs it would focus on in the rounding PCAR focused on programs Howard,” says Ribeau, who was future. that were losing support, “I think we president of Bowling Green State developed more new collaborative things University in Ohio for 13 years A Historic Initiative through PCAR than we took away,” before coming to Howard. The faculty-led PCAR initiative was Ribeau says. While there were clearly enor- designed to review each of Howard’s As a result of PCAR, the University mous challenges facing Howard, undergraduate, graduate and profes- developed a new doctorate in computer Ribeau chose to focus on the sional degree academic programs and science with a specialization in cyberse- progress that could be made, align them with the University’s mission, curity; a revised classics program reflect- and set about charting a differ- vision, strategic goals and available ing ancient Mediterranean studies; and ent course for the University. resources. a recommendation to transform the gen- From the beginning, he sought “Dr. Ribeau demonstrated a histori- eral education curriculum that enhances to infuse Howard with a spirit of cally unique respect for the faculty in teaching and learning outcomes. In collaboration. that he included faculty in a major deci- response to a national need, in April the “In that first semester and sion like academic renewal,” says Joan Board of Trustees approved a new under- throughout the first year, I vis- C. Payne, Ph.D., vice chair of the Faculty graduate degree in elementary education ited all schools and colleges, Senate and a professor in the School of and a master’s degree in school psychol- hosted town halls and met with Communications’ Department of Com- ogy and counseling. staff and students to learn about munication Sciences and Disorders. “The Another collaborative idea borne from their expectations and ideas,” he last time there was a group that gathered PCAR was the decision to create “the says. together for academic renewal, it was Howard Experience,” a course every new He was also briefed on the largely made up of administrators. This student will take to learn about the Uni- results of a listening tour that time it was largely made up of faculty.” versity’s legacy and the expectations and had collected insights from The commission evaluated each aca- responsibilities that come with being a alumni, friends and supporters demic program to identify strengths and Howard student. Ribeau is clear that the of the University in the months weaknesses and to ensure the University Howard Experience will not merely focus leading to his arrival at Howard. “All of would remain competitive in the higher on the accomplishments of legends such that information created a composite that education community. “To get faculty as Thurgood Marshall. Rather, it will also helped me weave together ways for people to come together in the social sciences seek to define the role Howard students to work together collaboratively and and talk about programs in dentistry, or can play in social justice today. build something that they would help to get the medical scientists and the health “It will look at what the Howard expe- execute and to support,” he says. scientists to come together and talk about rience means when it comes to the envi- Perhaps the defining action of his term literature and art, is historic,” says Ribeau. ronment and sustainability,” says Ribeau. thus far has been the President’s Com- The PCAR initiative also gave the “What it means when it comes to cases mission on Academic Renewal (PCAR). University an opportunity to update its like Trayvon Martin.” When he arrived, the University was at a undergraduate core curriculum and its The PCAR experience has also led to unique juncture in its history. Howard’s approach to the administration of its a renewed focus on health studies, pro- role had traditionally been to educate graduate programs. It culminated with grams relevant to the African Diaspora African Americans when few other insti- a proposal to reallocate funding, faculty and the science, technology, engineering tutions of higher learning would. As a and staff resources to the strongest aca- and mathematics (STEM) fields. “We result, Howard had to be all things to demic programs. Ribeau’s final recom- should own the STEM space,” says Ribeau. all people, educating students in almost mendations were met with approval by “The production of young women and all disciplines and areas of study and the Board of Trustees. men that graduate in the STEM areas is preparing many of the nation’s Black But not everyone was happy with the ini- responsive to President Obama’s national professionals. tiative and, Ribeau admits, there was some agenda and the need for the increased However, with diversity in higher edu- pushback. Yet the changes resulting from production of African-American STEM cation, it no longer has to play this role to PCAR made good academic and business degree recipients.” An emphasis on STEM

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 17 “Effective and competitive faculty and student research can only take place in a high-quality environment.”

also brings Howard full-circle, since the first Ph.D. program at the University was in chemistry, he points out. The increased emphasis on research is in keeping with Ribeau’s desire to have Howard climb the ranks of the nation’s top research institutions, which is as much an aspirational objective as a substantive goal. Having the University strive to rank among the top research universities in the country is an undertaking many can wrap their minds around, but Ribeau is most concerned about students embracing a new way of learning. “Research is an intellectual process,” he says. “It’s a way of discovering new ideas and insights and solving problems.” To elevate its position as a research institution, Howard is making strides in many areas including funding, research administration support for faculty and the modernization of research facilities. “We have worked hard to increase our capacity in each of these areas,” he says.

A Plan for Renewal The overhauls introduced by the Ribeau administration have not been confined to academic programs. Of the nearly 100 buildings on Howard’s main campus, Law School campus and Divinity School campus, more than 40 were built prior to 1950. The University has embarked upon a facilities renewal plan that will see the construction of two new residence halls, a new academic building—the Interdisci- plinary Science Building—and a mixed- use recreation, health and wellness cen-

18 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 ter. In addition, there are upgrades being bers should build their careers at the offset the rising cost of its operations and made to other buildings across campus, University. Working with the Faculty strategic investments while remaining including Cramton Auditorium, Burr Senate, Ribeau charged a committee to committed to its mission to provide a Gymnasium, Downing Hall, Chemistry, review faculty compensation. His goal is Howard education to students with high the Tubman Quadrangle, Locke Hall and to design a plan that will enhance faculty academic standing and potential. the Adams Building. performance-based compensation, which At this year’s Charter Day Dinner, the “Effective and competitive faculty and would position the University to recruit president was joined by three students as student research can only take place in a and retain outstanding faculty. The he unveiled a new need-based scholar- high-quality environment,” says Ribeau. revitalization occurring across Howard’s ship campaign, Bridging the Gap, which Renewal is a theme that is also ensuring campus will also help Howard make its is designed to enhance student retention. that Howard has the most efficient and case when recruiting faculty. Currently, Howard provides approxi- productive administration and staff. One “We will showcase what we’re doing mately $80 million in institutional aid. of Ribeau’s goals has been to provide high- in Diaspora studies, we’ll showcase what And, earlier this year, Ribeau quality services and support to students, we’re doing in STEM and we’ll have new announced steps the University would take faculty, staff, alumni and the general com- facilities so people will want to come to alleviate anticipated budget shortfalls munity. That means making sure areas here,” Ribeau says. “The Phased Retire- for the 2012 fiscal year. Actions included such as finance, information technology, ment Program, the facilities renewal and staff realignments and reductions in human resources and student support the compensation plan all come together targeted areas, stringent budget controls services run so smoothly that students to allow us to attract and retain the and a limited campus closure during and faculty don’t even think about them. highest-quality faculty.” spring break, while maintaining essential In the past four years, Howard has auto- services. Refusing to take the University mated many of these processes and exam- Student Life and Learning into a deficit, Ribeau also announced that ined whether it made sense to do some During his tenure, Ribeau has sought to additional strategies might be considered things differently. Some positions have transform the overall student experience. to address the budget shortfall. been eliminated or consolidated, “but the He launched the Students First Initiative During the spring semester, the Univer- benchmark is not just consolidation for (SFI) to enhance the University’s student- sity addressed concerns regarding reten- consolidation’s sake,” says Ribeau. centered learning environment and to tion agreements extended to three senior The goal is to provide better services improve the quality of service delivery to officers prior to Ribeau’s arrival. The Uni- and more efficiency. “If we can save students. versity entered into the 2007 agreements money, that’s important, but we need to A steering committee composed of to ensure its growth, sustainability and be good at what we do,” he adds. students, faculty, staff and alumni made position in the higher education commu- The Phased Retirement Program (PRP) recommendations to improve the stu- nity. The agreements called for a one-time is one of the prongs to Ribeau’s commit- dent experience within the academic and payment in 2010, as compensation for ment to faculty renewal. Approximately extracurricular environments. The com- three additional years of service following two-thirds of Howard’s faculty is eligible mittee also assessed the immediate, orga- the presidential transition. to retire, a potential crisis that is shared by nizational and long-term improvements many institutions of higher learning across that would be necessary to enhance the A Focus on Transparency the country. To avoid a mass exodus that quality of student life and learning on When asked about the University’s chal- could hamper Howard’s ability to success- campus and ultimately serve as the basis lenges, Ribeau doesn’t gloss over them or fully operate its academic and research pro- for policy development and resource allo- make light of them. In fact, throughout grams, Ribeau introduced the PRP, which cation within the University. his tenure, he’s shown a willingness to allows faculty to progressively reduce their “This program was designed to say sym- listen to complaints, as well as praise. Ask workload over a period of up to five years, bolically that the students were the center members of the University community to and also creates an opportunity for How- of our efforts at Howard,” says Ribeau. name a quality that stands out about him, ard to recruit new faculty members. and the word “transparency” comes up One of the goals expressed during the Tackling the more than any other. Ribeau says it is not PCAR process was to attract an increas- Challenges Head On accidental. His experiences as a university ing number of new nationally recognized Though he has accomplished a tremen- president, provost, dean and professor faculty members. Years ago, it was easier dous amount in his first four years, major inform his leadership style and have given for Howard to attract the best and the challenges remain. With funding support him a unique window into how best to brightest because African-American from the federal government remaining communicate with various stakeholders. scholars were denied entrance into other flat over the past five years, the University In his first year, he developed the Budget institutions. Today, Howard must make will have to increase revenues from other the case for why talented faculty mem- sources, including tuition and fees, to (continued on p. 21)

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 19 Campus Revitalization Offers a Renewed Vision for the 21st Century

By Jo-Ann English

When President Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D., was named the halls. Currently, Howard houses 44 percent of its students, 16th president of Howard in 2008, he brought with him a but with the addition of these and other housing facilities vision to continue building the University into a world-class projected to be built within the plan, the University will be research institution with state-of-the-art facilities. That able to house approximately 70 percent of its student body. vision has provided the guidance necessary to reshape the The first two residence halls will create a total of 1,300 new University’s physical plant, which is captured in the Central beds, with a goal to eventually generate 2,300 new beds. Campus Master Plan. Also included in Phase I is the construction of a facility The Central Campus Master Plan, which has three housing some of the University’s programs in interdisciplinary phases, is a 10-year framework that guides campus facility science, engineering computational science and biomedical planning and supports instructional, research, service, stu- sciences. The project is intended to help strengthen Howard’s dent, faculty and staff activities. presence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and to accommodate collaborative research activity Enhancing the Campus Environment among the physical and health sciences. The University is currently in the midst of Phase I, which The campus wellness and recreation center is the final includes renovations to Cramton Auditorium and L.K. building planned within Phase I and will offer the com- Downing Hall, and the planning for the addition of two munity access to fitness and wellness programs, intramu- new underclassmen residence halls, a research facility and rals and sport clubs. It will also enhance the surrounding a campus wellness and recreation center. The buildings in residential community on the west side of Georgia Avenue Phase I are scheduled for development within one to three and support the retail that will be developed in the Howard years. Town Center. The two residence halls will be built along the eastern edge The master plan addresses 17 development sites for new of the campus, adjacent to existing underclassmen residence buildings or major renovations and continues into Phases II and III. These development sites are primarily University-based, except for the Town Center, which will be a mixed-use residential and retail development. There are also plans to reconstruct the Georgia Avenue entrance of the University and to reconfigure the design of each building that currently “backs” Georgia Avenue. In keeping with Howard’s commitment to sustainability and reducing its carbon footprint, each building will be constructed in a way that is environ- mentally friendly, using appropriate materials and construction methods. For additional information on the Central Campus Master Plan, please visit community.howard.edu.

English is the communications associate for the Office of University Communications.

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Advisory Committee (BAC) to enhance cerns that we brought before him from the fiscal and budgetary transparency. The faculty. We have had unparalleled access to “We have had BAC—composed of faculty, staff, students this president and to his officers.” and administrators—meets regularly to Ribeau’s emphasis on transparency unparalleled access discuss fiscal matters and provide substan- and openness has also made students feel tive contributions to the budgetary process. more valued, says Brandon Harris, presi- to this president and “Transparency means letting people dent of the Howard University Student know what’s going on,” he says. Association from 2010–2012 and a recent to his officers.” That means budget deliberations are graduate. posted online. The PCAR process was “Every semester this year, we’ve had a not shrouded in secrecy. The Howard town hall with him,” says Harris. “Last University Alumni Association has had year during the PCAR process, he came Howard community. That first African- access to the University’s financials. and spoke. So anytime we’ve needed him American president of the United States is “There are no secrets,” Ribeau says. “The to come and address the students, he has. seeking re-election. The economy is on the numbers are what they are.” He definitely has been responsive.” upswing. And one thing is clear to many in Ribeau has also placed a high priority When it comes to the next four years, the Howard community, including Leffall, on meeting with elected faculty, student, the greatest challenge Howard faces is who has seen several presidents come and staff and alumni leaders to brief them on neither the budget nor the implementa- go since he first attended Howard’s medical University issues and seek their timely tion of PCAR. Rather, it’s getting people to school 64 years ago. input and counsel. collaborate, Ribeau says. “There’s nothing “You expect a different president to “As a senator and then a vice chair of the that we can’t improve on if we get people come in to move things forward, and I Senate, I have observed that Dr. Ribeau has to work together,” he says. “That means believe President Ribeau has done that,” met with us regularly and has kept a dia- collaboration between administrators, he says. “Howard is in a better place than logue open,” says Payne. “We’ve not always faculty, students, staff and alumni.” it was four years ago.” agreed, but he has given every indication of A lot has changed since that September being responsive to many of the major con- day when Ribeau introduced himself to the Holmes is a writer based in Maryland.

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 21 Notable Alumni

By Grace I. Virtue (M.A. ’97; Ph.D. ’01)

Keith Norris, M.D. Prominent researcher is on a mission to eliminate health disparities.

At age 29, Keith Norris (M.D. ’80) lost both of his parents, who were still in their 50s, to complications from hypertension. That experience left Norris on a personal quest to identify ways to prevent and treat common diseases in minority populations, particularly hypertension and chronic kidney disease. “It’s a constant reminder of how many of our loved ones die early from conditions that can be prevented or treated,” Norris says. Last year, the National Medical Association presented Norris with its Meritorious Achievement Award for his Awork in research, education and commitment to promote health and prevent disease. The award is given each year to an individual for national and international achievement and prominence. “It was humbling to receive such an honor, and yet it ’80 reinforced the reason for doing the type of work I and so many others do: to reduce disparities and improve the lives lliott of those who have few resources,” he says. ita E ita

n Although he clearly values the recognition, it is not why Be

22 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 focused on reducing health disparities and national health policy for patients in minority communities. Common with chronic kidney disease. areas where there are huge gaps between “I was one of a handful of minority White and minority populations in inci- specialists, and we felt it was important dence and quality of outcome include to have minority representation on asthma, diabetes, hypertension and the committee because severe chronic complications, such as renal disease, and kidney disease is so common among some forms of cancer. Kidney disease is people of color. The KDOQI guidelines especially troubling, for example, with have impacted many CMS [Center for Blacks being three to four times more Medicare and Medicaid Services] per- likely to have the severest form of the dis- formance metrics and had an important ease and to require dialysis treatment. role in ensuring equity for minority After completing medical school and health in the area of chronic kidney dis- residency at Howard, Norris went to Los ease,” he says. Angeles and entered a nephrology fel- Norris continues to serve as a member lowship at the combined David Geffen of the NKF Kidney Early Evaluation School of Medicine at UCLA and West Program’s executive committee. He also Los Angeles Veterans Administration serves as principal investigator for the Medical Center program. At the end of National Institutes of Health-funded the fellowship, he went to work part time Research Centers in Minority Institu- at the medical center and part time in tions (RCMI) Translational Research private practice before joining the faculty Network, a national initiative to advance at Charles Drew University, where he has research approaches to reducing health been for 22 years. disparities. “I went to Drew because my training Norris is engaged in developing a newly in hypertension and kidney disease could patented therapeutic drug to counteract be more easily focused on disadvantaged the adverse effects of stress on the body communities and I could fulfill my desire and its cells that lead to inflammation and “It reinforced the to teach at a minority institution,” he premature organ damage. Preliminary explains. cell culture and animal studies are highly reason for doing Norris is now one of about 20 principal promising, and initial clinical trials for investigators for the African-American safety and efficacy are under way. the type of work Study of Kidney Disease and Hyperten- Norris believes Howard’s College of sion. The group has published multiple Medicine provided an outstanding foun- I and so many seminal papers on refining the use of dation for his career. “I felt extremely angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibi- well prepared when I arrived at UCLA others do: to tors for the care of African Americans and felt my clinical skills and knowledge at risk for hypertensive end-stage renal base were second to none,” he says. reduce disparities disease, which previously was thought His advice to current students is to to be a less effective treatment for this take advantage of the multiple dimen- and improve the population. To date, the group leads the sions of Howard, keep in mind the mis- largest comparative drug intervention sion to serve, build upon and recognize lives of those trial focusing on renal outcomes in Afri- the legacy of those gone before and can Americans. always remember the words of the late who have few In 1995, Norris was selected to join the Charles R. Drew, M.D.: “Excellence of inaugural National Kidney Foundation’s performance transcends artificial barri- resources.” (NKF) Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initia- ers created by man.” tive (KDOQI), where he spent a decade helping to transform practice guidelines Virtue is a writer based in Maryland.

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 23 Profiles in Leadership

Wendell G. Freeland Former Tuskegee Airman began his successful flight at Howard.

By Raven Padgett

A $250 academic scholarship brought And while his service during World the guidance from his professors allowed Wendell G. Freeland (B.A. ’47) to Howard War II temporarily took him away from him to flourish. to study history and political science. It the Hilltop, a desire to study under But there was a war going on and avis/ was a world apart from the one in which luminaries such as Frank Snowden and Freeland wanted to help end fascism, so he had grown up, just 90 minutes away in Rayford Logan drew him back. The civil after studying at Howard for two years, Baltimore. rights attorney and former Tuskegee he joined the Army Air Corps in 1943. idney L. D

“Before I won the scholarship, I didn’t Airman credits his time at Howard with He soon found himself part of the Tuske- eview even think about attending college,” says shaping him into the leader he is today. gee Airmen, an experimental program R Freeland, now 87. “I was 16 years old, a Once a member of the Hilltop news- introduced in 1941 to train Black pilots. ribune-

poor kid from Baltimore, coming to this paper’s editorial board, Freeland showed Freeland trained as a navigator and a h courtesy of S p Abeautiful campus to study under these early signs of the activism that would bombardier and was sent to Tuskegee great men and women. I felt privileged. It define his law career. The intellectual dis- Institute (now Tuskegee University), Pittsburgh T was a wonderful experience.” course that was prevalent on campus and home base for the newly trained aviators. Photogra

24 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 As a member of the famed Airmen, Freeland served as a lieutenant and flew B-25s with the 477th Bombardment Group. The Black pilots flew dozens of mis- sions and soared in the air, but back on the ground, they couldn’t escape the racism that challenged their intellect and bravery. Freeland was determined to help eliminate injustice whenever he saw it, something he says he learned from his Howard professors.

Civil Disobedience In 1945, Freeland’s unit was transferred to Freeman Field, Ind. The armed forces were still segregated, so when he and other soldiers tried to integrate an all-White officer’s club, they were arrested. After refusing to sign papers that would acknowledge acceptance of the segregated policies, Freeland and his comrades were charged with mutiny, which came with the penalty of death. The charges were eventually dropped, Freeland saw success in a case that “It was the most exhilarating and but the historical significance can’t be was 150 years old. After reading an poignant moment of my life,” says Free- denied—the resistance became known article in a law magazine about George land. “For many of us who are in our as the Freeman Field Mutiny and helped Vashon, the first African American to 70s and 80s, his election showed just set the stage for the sit-ins during the graduate from Oberlin College and the how far we had come, how much we civil rights movement. first Black professor at Howard Univer- had fought for.” Just 20 years old at the time, Freeland sity, whose application for the Penn- Freeland says he saw Red Tails, a says his time at Howard had already col- sylvania bar was rejected in 1847 and movie about the Airmen, earlier this ored his notion of when to stand up and 1868, Freeland decided to take on the year (Chas “Charles” Floyd John- when to speak up. case. He petitioned the Pennsylvania son, B.A. ’62; J.D. ’65, served as co- “I don’t know if it was the courage of Supreme Court to overturn the ruling producer), and was gratified knowing youth, but I was definitely buttressed on behalf of the Vashon family and, in that more people—regardless of race by my experience at Howard,” he says. 2010, the court posthumously admitted and age—would understand more fully “We considered ourselves the best and Vashon to the bar. the experiences of the Airmen. He was brightest, so we were going to act that “I consider these two cases the book- especially happy that a new generation way in life.” ends to my career,” says Freeland. could learn about their leadership and For Freeland, being part of the Free- Through the years, he has been an courage. man Field Mutiny was the beginning of active leader in his field, serving as “It’s important for young people, like what would become a lifetime of fight- senior vice president of the National Howard students, to see this and know ing injustice and racial discrimination. Urban League and president of the Pitts- that we were the same age as they are After the war ended, he returned to burgh chapter of the Urban League. today when we broke these barriers,” Howard, where he graduated cum laude. In 2007, he and his “fly boy” broth- he says. He earned his law degree from the ers received the Congressional Gold Freeland adds: “For us, we had an University of Maryland, then moved to Medal from President George W. Bush. obligation to civil rights and to carry Pittsburgh and began practicing in 1951. In January 2008, he and a group of Air- on the tradition of Howard of being In the early 1950s, he successfully men were personally invited to attend leaders in our fields. At the time, we sued the city of Pittsburgh to legally the inauguration of President Barack were taught that Howard was the ‘Cap- integrate the swimming pool at the Obama. Freeland traveled to Washing- stone for Negro education’ so we tried city’s main municipal park. And over ton, D.C., and on that brisk January to uphold that in our lives and in what- the years, he has built a career on help- morning when Obama took the oath ever we were striving to do.” ing clients whose voices are often mis- of office, a flood of emotions overtook understood or ignored. More recently, him. Padgett is editor of Howard Magazine.

Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 25 Milestones Alumni

Rev. John Dortch, B.A. 1968, was ’50s installed as the ’80s pastor of Central Baptist Church in Linda M.S. Thomas, B.S.Ch.E. Harvey Webb Jr., B.S. 1956; Beauford, S.C. 1981, was named the 2012 Industry D.D.S. 1960; M.S. 1962, wrote the Engineer of the Year for the Puget Sound novel Wash: Faith in Hard Times, which Engineering Council. Thomas is an asso- chronicles the struggles of a Black man in ciate technical fellow in Systems Safety the post–Civil War South. ’70s Engineering at the Boeing Company. Erik P. Christian, B.A. 1982, was inducted into the 2012 Hall of Honor Donald Strother Jr., B.A. 1972, at Archbishop Carroll High School ’60s retired from the U.S. Department of in Washington, D.C. He was honored Labor after 42 years of dedicated service. during the school’s 20th annual spring Hon. Ricardo C. Jackson, J.D. benefit and induction ceremony. 1965, senior judge, Court of Com- Dr. Reed mon Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pa., Tuckson, B.S. Kelvin Phillips, B.A. 1986, wrote received the Justice Sonia Sotomayor 1973, was named and directed A Swingin’ Trio, which was Diversity Award from the Philadelphia one of the “50 featured in the 2012 D.C. Independent Bar Association. Most Influen- Film Festival. tial Physician H. Patrick Executives in Reginald A. Swygert, B.A. Healthcare” for Greene, B.A. 1965; J.D. 1968, 2012 by Modern Healthcare. A renowned 1989; J.D. Howard Uni- leader in health care, Tuckson currently 1995, is the versity president serves as the executive vice president and founder and emeritus, was the chief of medical affairs at UnitedHealth managing attor- keynote speaker Group, a Fortune 25 health care company ney of Greene at the Philadelphia that serves more than 75 million people Legal Group LLC. Tribune’s second annual Christopher J. worldwide. He is a member of Howard’s After 10 years as an associate at two of Perry/Carter G. Woodson Black History Board of Trustees. the largest law firms in the world and six Awards Luncheon. Swygert was president years as senior counsel for AT&T, Greene of Howard from 1995 to 2008. George E. Miller III, Ph.D. 1979, founded his own law firm in Atlanta, and a former astrophysicist for NASA, was 2012 marks its one-year anniversary. named president of Martin University. Miller has served as vice president for academic affairs and provost at several universities, including Johnson C. Smith We Want to Know! and Bowie State, and most recently as ’90 s Share the milestones in vice president for academic affairs and your life with old friends and presidential professor of chemistry at Brian G. Easley, M.Ed. 1992, earned classmates. Please send the information to magazine@ Claflin University. his Ph.D. in human development, with howard.edu or mail to a concentration in adult learning and Howard Magazine, human resource development from 2225 Georgia Ave., NW Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Suite 603 University (Virginia Tech) in the spring Washington, DC 20059 of 2011. His dissertation is titled “Devel- opmental Networks, Black Feminist

26 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 Thought and Black Women Federal Executives: A Case Study Approach.”

Kasim Reed, B.A. 1992; J.D. 1995, made the top 10 list of “Root 100” notable African Americans. Reed is cited as the 10th most influential personality of the 100 honorees. Reed currently serves as the 59th mayor of Atlanta and is on How- ard’s Board of Trustees. Baltimore Chapter of HUAA Adrian Loving, B.F.A. 1993, was Celebrates Milestone commissioned by Thomson Reuters The Howard University Baltimore Alumni Association, believed to be the to perform a University’s oldest chartered alumni club, is celebrating its 90th anniver- music program sary this year. for the pre- and The club was founded in 1922 by a group of prominent doctors and post-receptions of attorneys who wanted to bring together alumni in the Baltimore area and to the 2012 White House Correspondents’ encourage young people to pursue their education at Howard. Association dinner, April 28. Loving, a “The primary goal of HUAC of Baltimore is to award scholarships to DJ, performed a special curated set of deserving students from the Baltimore metropolitan area who plan to ambient and upbeat music, accompanied attend or who are currently attending Howard University,” says Donyale by percussionist Thomas Pipkin and DeShazo Smith, chapter president (B.B.A. ’93). violinist Chelsea Green. Lena Ampadu (B.S. ’74), former vice president, hopes to see the chapter expand by at least 90 members for each year of the club’s existence, Allison Green, M.A. 1995, senior which, according to Ampadu, should not be an impossible goal. vice president for diversity and inclusion “I would like to see the Bison legacy continued through the support of for Lincoln Financial Group, was named alumni who are willing and eager to give back to Howard not only finan- to Savoy magazine’s 2012 Top 100 Most cially, but spiritually and morally,” says Ampadu. Influential Blacks in Corporate America. One of the club’s main goals is still fundraising, but there is an increas- Green serves on the Urban League of ing emphasis on keeping alumni connected to the University, particularly Philadelphia’s Board of Directors and the because of its proximity to Washington, D.C. National Diversity Council, Pennsylvania “We no longer rely on telephone calls and snail mail as the only means Chapter Board of Directors. In 2011, Black to announce upcoming meetings and events, but we send communication Enterprise magazine honored Green as via e-mail and social networks like Facebook and Bison Roundup,” says one of the Top Executives in Diversity. Smith. The gala celebrating the anniversary will take place on Sept. 23, 2012, Rev. Dexter from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Eubie Blake Center in Baltimore, and is open U. Nutall, to all who wish to support the legacy of Howard University. Please contact J.D. 1995, was [email protected] for more details. selected by Wash- ington, D.C., —Debra Osemwegie Mayor Vincent C. Gray as the new director of

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the District’s Office on Religious Affairs. enables him to lead Flash Mob, an initia- Nutall will advise the mayor and his staff tive in which young Black men learn to on religious affairs and serve as a liaison create and implement a business brand- between the mayor’s office and the Dis- ing campaign via social media. trict’s faith communities. Alex Dixon, B.B.A. 2003, launched Jesse Walton Jr., B.B.A. 1996, was Confess Media, an innovative multi- promoted to media firm that sells high-definition pho- associate vice tos to visitors upon arrival at McCarran president at International Airport in Las Vegas. The Morgan Stanley company specializes in custom photog- Smith Smith Barney’s raphy experiences featuring the famous wealth manage- “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign. ment office in Alumni Alpharetta, Ga. Kenicia Cross, B.A. 2004, and In January 2012, he earned the Certified Angelique Private Wealth AdvisorSM designation, Michelle, B.A. Launch designed for financial advisors and con- 2004, estab- sultants who work with high-net-worth lished iCONIQ Travel clients on the life cycle of wealth. Walton Wardrobe, an Gross received Atlanta magazine’s Five Star image-consulting Wealth Manager Award for 2009 and firm, and in Series was featured in the March 2012 Cobb Life November 2011 Tracy Gross (B.A. ’89), Jabari magazine’s 20 Under 40. He is also an launched a dress line called iCONIQ Col- Smith (B.A. ’07), The Legend- active member of the 100 Black Men of lection for women. They also created a ary Chris Washington (B.A. ’91) Atlanta Inc. software application called iCONIQ Vir- and Doodlebug (Craig Irving) tual Wardrobe, which is a computerized are developing an African-Amer- Saundra Jordan, Pharm.D. 1999, closet that catalogs and organizes closets ican adventure TV series, Black received the Branch President Award and wardrobes. Diaspora Travels (blackdiaspo by the Greater Long Branch NAACP at ratravels.org). Gross is a veteran its Annual Freedom Fund Luncheon in Wanda Brown, J.D. 2005, was of television/film and event pro- October 2010. appointed to the St. Mary’s County duction, and has worked on pro- Board of Education’s ethics panel. She grams such as Saturday Night will serve a two-year term. Brown is an Live, The Emmys, The Oscars, attorney in the Enforcement Division The BET Awards and The Wayne of the Office of the General Counsel at Brady Show. She has conducted ’00 s the Federal Election Commission. She two month-long motorcycle tours is the secretary to the National Treasury in Asia—Rajasthan, India, and Russell Hicks, B.B.A. 2000, received Employees Union, Chapter 204. Vietnam, respectively. Her travel the Black Male to Cuba resulted in an award- Engagement Sherece Tolbert, J.D. 2005, was winning photography series on Leadership named deputy assistant general counsel Afro-Cuban life. She currently Award, which was for the Single Family Mortgage Division works as a photojournalist depict- established to rec- of the Office of Insured Housing. ing the ethnic and female travel ognize Black men experience. She is a columnist from all walks of Clarion E. Johnson, J.D. 2007, for SoulofAmerica.com, Ethical life who engage began a Pickering Fellowship at the traveler.org, ImblacknITravel.com others in making communities stronger. National Center for Law and Economic and Amateurtraveler.com. She is Hicks, owner of Ebony Suns Enterprises, Justice in January 2012. also an associate producer for LLC, received a $20,500 award that Unseen Travels.

28 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 Influence Over Time for the Winston Harris’ (M.F.A. ’98) inspirations range from artist Alvin Loving, melody... Ph.D., to musician Jill Scott. His new Influence Over Time art exhibit shows the evolution of Harris’ artistry. One of the ideas for the exhibit came from his wanting to pay tribute to the artists that had mentored him. The other idea came from his appreciation of the essence of time. Harris recently completed an artist-in-residence program at the Univer- sity of Maryland’s Department of Printmaking. “The artwork identifies my interest to recognize the importance of time as an event itself, what part it listen plays in one’s life or how one uses it,” says Harris. Harris studied art in the printmaking department at Howard University, where he met one of his greatest influences, professor Michael Platt. While “Cultural activities in at Howard, Harris says he learned how to network and take advantage of every opportunity. “Howard prepared me for the real world,” he says. Oberlin are so satisfying, Many of the pieces in the exhibit resemble watches and clocks, and when we go back to visit Harris combines digital imaging with more traditional techniques of creating art. in New York City... I Music also plays a prominent role in the abstract, mixed-media drawings can focus on spending and prints by Harris. While creating, he says he listens to all genres of music, stretching from rock to neo soul. One of his first jobs as a professional artist that time with friends.” was working with the iconic rap group Public Enemy on the set design of ~ Betty their 1990 tour. The Influence Over Time exhibit runs through Aug. 31, 2012, at the Uni- versity of Maryland University College.

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Members of the Bison family gathered at the ninth annual St. Martin Book Fair in June 2011. The theme of the fair was “Freedom of Expression” and featured Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. Pictured are Joseph Lake Jr., fair presenter Susan Borden Evans, Esq. (B.S. ’70), Lasana Sekou, the fair’s co-founder, and Mwalimu Sandra Brown (B.A. ’69), immediate past president of the Howard University Alumni Association. Attendees not pictured include Stephanie Stokes Oliver, a fair presenter, and her husband, Regi- ® nald Oliver (B.A. ’74). The 10th anniversary of the St. Martin Book Fair was KENDAL held May 31–June 2.

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Summer 2012 Howard Magazine 29 Church for 65 years, serving in many In Memoriam capacities. Alumni Flora Dorsey Young, B.A. 1950, died Feb. 9, 2012. Young was an advocate for social justice and worked tirelessly to Renowned sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, advance civil rights. She was a sociology B.A. 1935, died April 2, 2012. She was 96 years old. Catlett professor at Rowan University and was once said: “I have always wanted my art to service Black among the first Black faculty members people—to reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to hired in 1968 at what was then Glassboro make us aware of our potential,” and she did that through- State College. She helped establish the out her career with her depictions of strong and resilient school’s Sociology department, and during African-American and Mexican women. her career she influenced and taught more Catlett was raised in Washington, D.C., and graduated than 4,500 students. She was 83 years old. from Dunbar High School. She enrolled at Howard after being denied entry at Carnegie Technical Institute (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh. Donald H. Bailey, B.S.C.E. 1951, (In 2008, the university officially publicly apologized to Catlett and awarded her died Nov. 4, 2008. an honorary doctorate.) In 1940, she became the first student to earn a master’s degree in sculpture at the University of Iowa. Jeremiah Hawkins, B.Mus.Ed. Catlett credited Howard with teaching her the discipline necessary to be an 1952, died Feb. 16, 2012. Hawkins served artist. It was also at Howard that she learned about Mexican muralists, who many positions in the Army. He received later became a major influence in her life and work. In March 1977, she received numerous awards, including the Legion the annual Alumni Award from Howard for “Sculpture and Creative Arts” at of Merit, two Bronze Stars, two Meri- the 110th Charter Day Celebration. In 1996, the University honored Elizabeth torious Service Medals and two Army Catlett with the degree Doctor of Humanities, and in 2010, the Department of Commendation Medals. Aside from his Art gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award. military achievements, Hawkins was a Her work can still be found on display on Howard’s campus, including the member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and sculpture “Students Aspire,” located by the chemical engineering wing of the Ft. Meade Flying Club. College of Engineering. Thelma Delores Elmore, Dip.N. 1953, died May 27, 2011. She was a staff. He later rose to the rank of night graduate of the Freedmen’s Hospital commander. He was 84 years old. School of Nursing. ’4 0 s Charles Anderson Augustus, M.D. Rev. Glenwood Paris Roane, J.D. 1949, died Jan. 26, 2012. He was the first 1957, died Dec. 30, 2011. He was a career Rev. Harold T. Branch, B.A. 1943, African American to serve a medical diplomat with the U.S. Department died Jan. 19, 2012. Branch was the first internship in the U.S. Army and went on of State/U.S. Agency for International African American to serve on the Corpus to open his own private practice in Flor- Development for more than 26 years, Christi (Texas) Housing Authority, where ida. He was a member of Grace Episcopal assisting developing communities in he served as both chairman and vice Church, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, the Ghana, Kenya, Liberia and Egypt. He was chairman. He also was a member of the Miami-Dade Medical Association and also pastor of the Second Congregational War on Poverty Board for Nueces County the National Medical Association. United Church of Christ. Throughout his and was president of the Coastal Bend distinguished career, he received numer- Civic Association. ous awards and was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Durward C. Archer, B.S.E.E. 1948, died July 8, 2011. ’50s William Saunders, B.S. 1948; M.S. James McKinley Robinson Sr., 1952, died Jan. 30, 2012. Saunders served M.S. 1950, died Feb. 2, 2012. Robinson ’60s as a Tuskegee Airman during World was a career educator and taught at Fisk War II. He joined a Boston police force University and in the Nashville Public David A. Hammock Jr., M.D. 1961, in 1956 that had only a handful of Black Schools. He also served in the Army dur- died Dec. 1, 2011. After completing his officers and became a top-flight detective ing World War II. He was a member of residency in obstetrics and gynecol- before being promoted to the command Gordon Memorial Methodist Episcopal ogy, Hammock practiced until 1976,

30 Howard Magazine Summer 2012 then moved to South Carolina, where he Lyndon B. Johnson’s National Advisory his legal career as a corporate attorney, opened his OB/GYN practice. He was also Commission on Civil Disorders. but decided instead on private practice a part of the clinical staff at the University and joined the law firm of Cecil B. Moore. of South Carolina’s School of Medicine. William Arthur Blakey, J.D. 1968, Eventually, he became a solo practitioner, He continued to practice until 2008. died Oct. 15, 2010. Blakey’s career as an specializing in domestic and personal attorney spanned more than 40 years. injury cases. He was a member of the Phyllis Etheridge Young, B.S. 1961; He led the lobbying efforts that resulted Association of Trial Lawyers of America, M.S. 1966, died Sept. 29, 2011. In 1980, in the passage of the Historically Black the Philadelphia Bar Association and Young was a co-founder of Parents College and University Act, as well as Frontiers International. He also served on United, a coalition that lobbied for school the Thurgood Marshall Legal Education the boards of Community Legal Services funding. She went on to become the first Opportunity Program Act funded by the and the Philadelphia chapter of the African-American woman to hold the U.S. Congress. In 2005, he began his own NA ACP. position of Federal Highway Administra- practice, William A. Blakey and Associ- tion’s state administrator for Mississippi. ates, in Washington, D.C. Deeply devoted Young was also a president of the Xi to service, he spent time as a mentor to Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha countless youth and young professionals. Sorority. ’80s Wendell Carl Harp, B.Arch. 1969, Eloise Y. Spicer, B.A. 1961; Ph.D. died Dec. 2, 2011. Harp was an architect, Cassandra V. Thorne, B.A. 1984, 1999, died Jan. 26, 2012. Her passion for developer and civic leader. He was one died Nov. 26, 2011. Thorne was an occupa- education led her to a 30-year teaching of the founding members of the Black tional therapist who devoted her life to the career in D.C. Public Schools. She retired Workshop Inc., an urban architectural service of others. She was 52 years old. in 1990 and returned to Howard to fulfill and design firm. In 1973, he became a her promise of translating into Spanish member of the American Institute of and publishing the poetry of her teacher/ Architects and was noted as the young- mentor Sterling A. Brown. est registered architect in the nation. Harp was also a co-founding partner of ’00 s Ved P. Bansal, B.S.M.E. 1962, died Architects Environmental Collaborative Oct. 3, 2011. International P.C. and founded Renais- Kibibi Dillon, B.F.A. 2003, died Dec. sance Management Company. 27, 2011. Dillon was an off-Broadway George Boulware, M.D. 1962, died producer, popular comedienne, actor Feb. 12, 2012. Boulware was a pioneering Richard McDaniel, J.D. 1969, died and director who co-founded LAUNCH physician in rural western Pennsylvania. Feb. 1, 2012. Throughout his career, Worldwide, which produced many off- He interned at Freedmen’s Hospital, McDaniel advocated for the equality of Broadway productions for unique artists. and he opened his own practice in 1969. African Americans and women. He began She was 33 years old. Throughout his career, Boulware co- owned and managed several bariatric weight control research centers in west- The life of Ofield Dukes, who died Dec. 6, 2011, was ern Pennsylvania. He was also a member celebrated on Jan. 13 at Shiloh Baptist Church in Wash- of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Asso- ington, D.C. ciation and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Luminaries from the Washington political establish- Fraternity. He was 85 years old. ment and public relations community, as well as members of the Howard University family, gathered to honor Jewell Brown, Dip.N. 1962, died on the memory of the public relations pioneer and longtime May 19, 2011. Brown was a graduate of Howard communications professor. Freedmen’s Hospital School of Nursing. Dukes was warmly remembered as the “dean of African-American public relations” and as a contributing figure during the civil rights era. During the William Ross Hill Jr., LL.B. 1966, administration of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, Dukes served as commu- died Nov. 17, 2011. He served in the U.S. nications adviser to Vice President Hubert Humphrey and as deputy director of Air Force from 1952 to 1956. Hill also information for the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. played trombone professionally in New Dukes taught public relations at Howard for more than 18 years. ohnson

York, Washington, D.C., and Memphis, J In 1969, Dukes opened his own public relations firm, Ofield Dukes & Associ- Tenn., during the 1960s. From 1966 to ates. He played a major role in organizing the first march by Stevie Wonder to

1968, he served as a staff attorney with iccolo declare Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday. He founded the M the U.S. Department of Justice, and dur- Black Public Relations Society of Washington in 1993. ason ing that time also served on President J

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My Story, My Song The Doctor in the Conditioning (Abingdon Press), Mirror (United 4 Excellence by Lucimarian Healthcare (AuthorHouse Pub- Roberts (B.S. ’46), Services Inc.), by lishing), by Tim is a heartwarm- Reed V. Tuckson Watson (B.A. ’92), ing memoir that (B.S. ’73), chal- is a motivational shares pivotal lenges readers to book that coaches moments in the take an honest readers on how to author’s life. The look in the mirror improve their lives. book, peppered and visualize what It offers sugges- with personal is preventing them tions on how to be reflections from from achieving better health. In each successful with family, careers, friendship, daughter Robin Roberts, co-anchor of chapter, Tuckson provides resources on finance, love and fitness. Good Morning America, reveals how faith how to age gracefully and lead a healthier and music have provided the author life. The VIP Book: A with strength and hope to face life’s Deluxe Compila- challenges. Astride a Pink tion of Entertain- Horse (North ment Industry Alpha Phi Alpha Atlantic Books), Events & More (The University by Robert Greer (Entertainment Press of Ken- (D.D.S. ’69), Power Players), tucky), edited by explores the legacy by Dackeyia Q. Gregory S. Parks of Wyoming’s Sterling (B.A. ’93), (B.S. ’96) and nuclear age and is a unique resource Stefan M. Bradley, describes how book of entertain- details the origins governmental ment industry events to fill your calendar, of the Black Greek conspiracy, death including awards shows, conferences, fraternity founded and vengeance conventions, expos, festivals, seminars and in 1906. The book drive people in the post–Cold War era. summits. examines the organization’s identity, “The Cold War ended years ago, or did explores the challenges of protecting it?” is a question that compels three ama- The Village That the image and brand and discusses how teur detectives to find out the real truth Shaped Us (Dale the organization can identify and train behind it all. Publishing), by future Alpha men. Dianne Dale Headscarf Politics (B.S. ’63; M.S. ’70; Tap Into Your in Turkey (Pal- M.P.A. ’74), takes Juice (Windy City grave Macmillan), a look at Washington, D.C.’s vibrant Ana- Publishers), by by Merve Kavacki costia community in 1867. Dale employs Amy S. Hilliard (Ph.D. ’07), oral history, vivid imagery and intriguing (B.S. ’74), moti- includes voices memoirs to describe what it was like for vates readers to use of contemporary four generations of Black families to live in varied principles to Turkish women Freedmen’s Village during times of slavery build on successes who wear head and African-American hardship. in their lives. The scarves, and their book is interactive daily struggles To submit a book for consideration in and allows readers in search of their Bison Bookshelf, to express personal niche in a secular Turkish society. please mail a copy to: goals as well as achievements and talents. Howard Magazine As a successful entrepreneur herself, Hill- 2225 Georgia Ave., NW iard offers her advice through her personal Suite 605 Washington, DC 20059 selection of inspirational thoughts.

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