ZAMBIAN ROYALTY FINDS REFUGE AT HBCUS, BUT AT WHAT COST?
By Lynette Monroe, Special to the AFRO
For many African Americans, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) serve as a place of refuge. A place to reconcile identity in a world that seeks to erase it. A place to learn history removed from textbooks. And a place to marry the complexities of their ancestry with their contemporary gifts and talents in hopes of creating a better world. Read more here
Ole Miss Students Walk in Unity after Campus Protest
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Which is why students put this unity march together. Renee Ombaba was one of the organizers.
"This will show the community that we stand together to change the image of Mississippi. they're are stereotypes surrounding Mississippi," she said. "We wanted to show that we are a positive state an we're willing to move forward." Read more here.
Carmen K Sisson Cloudybright Communications
University of Mississippi students Nathaniel Weathersby and Renee Ombaba talk as they stand behind the Lyceum on campus, July 30, 2013, in Oxford, Miss. Ombaba helped organize a candlelight unity walk last fall after a racially-charged skirmish broke out in front of the Lyceum following the re-election of President Barack Obama. The Lyceum was also the site of violence in October 1962, when riots broke out after James Meredith enrolled as the first black student on campus. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright) Read more here.
