HBCU writers

 

 

Note for a Tougaloo College Research Project      

 

 

Does knowing what Tougaloo College graduates from 1869 to 2020 have published increase pride and gratitude for our alma mater?  Would graduates of other HBCUs appreciate similar information about their institutions?  Let the question be an open one.  Answer in accord with your beliefs.

 

I believe the answer should be "YES."   I believe a group of women and men who graduated from the "Eagle Queen"   should document what we have published  as a reminder that we should absorb wisdom produced at home before we venture  into confusion manufactured in alien lands. I believe we should read and critique works by

 

Joyce Ladner

Anne Moody

Rian Bowie

Rose Parkman Marshall

Stefan Wheelock

Naomi J. Townsend

John Milton Wesley

Jonathan Henderson Brooks

Derrick R. Spires

Shirley A. James Hanshaw

Candice Love Jackson

Charrita  Danley Quimbly

Stefan Wheelock

Ethel Sawyer

Marcus White

Valerie Matthews

Thomas M. Armstrong

K.C. Morrison

Howard Rambsy II

Maximus Wright

Avarh Strickland

Hollis Watkins

Arlette Smith

Marcus White

Bettye Parker Smith

Jarvis McInnis

Jonathan Henderson Brooks

David Patrick Bickham

and many others

 

 

Jerry W. Ward, Jr.            October 11, 2020

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