My thoughts are with all Black women in higher education and the family of Dr. Bonnie Candia-Bailey. Many of us have similar stories of not being heard when we cry out for help or being met with hostility instead of the care and concern that we deserve.

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On MLK Day, It was important for us to have a “Captain of the Day” who has honored Dr. King’s legacy of civic activism. We are honored to have the newest member of the Howard University School of Law faculty and former head of the Legal Defense Fund , Sherrily Ifill (Sherrilyn Ifill ) joining us today.

Love this photo of Dr. King and the amazing force that was James Nabrit Jr., master litigator, strategist, and former Associate Director-Counsel who served under both LDF Presidents & Directors-Counsel Jack Greenberg and Julius Chambers. Thanks for lifting this up, Moorland Spingarn Research Center.

We would like to wish MSRC matriarch Connie Stokes, who is 99 years young, a speedy recovery. She is our most senior living former staff member. She's pictured here with Mike Smith another alum of MSRC's staff. Get well soon, Ms. Stokes!

When asked about Moorland-Spingarn Research Center Grace Bonner Wales Bonner described Moorland as "a very important home for imaginative thinking". Bonner is a an English fashion designer and the visionary behind Wales Bonner.

Today is a very special day in the Black Press. Our beloved publication, The Hilltop, celebrates 100 years as the student voice of Howard University! This newspaper is the highlight of my Howard career and truly changed my life. #HappyBirthdayHilltop

Today, we celebrate 100 years as the student voice of Howard University. We are also gearing up for our centennial celebration weekend, we hope to see you there! Tickets: bit.ly/48qGVxY

If you didn’t already know, along with my dissertation fellowship at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, I host Season 2 of Early American Conversations, through Penn Press, as well! Please listen to and share my convo with Penn Press’ amazing Senior Editor, Bob Lockhart! open.spotify.com/episode/1OEUSy…

It would be dangerous to the viability of our young democracy to do anything other than apply the clear rule set forth in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

On this day in 1957, Kenyan freedom fighter, Dedan Kimathi, was executed by the British. He led the KLFA (MauMau) revolution against the brutal British occupation of his country. "I don’t lead terrorists. I lead Africans who want their self-government and land.”—D. Kimathi

Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center and National Newspaper Publisher Association to Present Black Press Day Celebration, March 14 blackpressusa.com/howard-univers… NNPA Black Press USA Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. KarenCarterRichards Ben Talton Howard University

Howard University undergraduate students spent an amazing week visiting several historical sites in Ghana as part of a study abroad during the Spring Break led by Professors Ben Talton and Kay Wright Lewis

I am proud to share my first piece since returning to CSIS as a senior advisor. I delve into the history of CIA analysis on African leaders -- and how these assessments prepare U.S. presidents for meetings with African counterparts. 🧵 csis.org/analysis/intel…

The above footage is of Dr. Maya Angelou speaking at the 1974 National Conference of Afro-American Writers at Howard University, held November 8-10. (Taped in RA Alariage Theater, Cramton Auditorium, School of Social Work Auditorium)

🚨Submissions are now open for #AAIHS2025! 👉🏽AAIHS encourages conference participants to reflect on how histories of African and African-descended peoples from slavery to the present shape our present and futures. loom.ly/FGDc1ik

Our Howard University Black Press Archives has been on a roll these past few weeks. We are excited to share what they have been up to!

Mark you calendars, get the book, read it and join us on October 30 for the second session of the Seminar "Slavery, Memory, and African Diasporas" led by Prof. Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD with Dr. Frederick Knight on his new book Black Elders.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Howard alum and professor, is launching his new book right here at Howard! And this might be his only book launch, so you don’t want to miss it. Thursday, Oct. 3rd | 7 PM | Cramton Auditorium The first 300 students to attend will get a FREE copy of his book!

Department of History Alumn and worldwide renowned and celebrated writer Ta-Nehisi Coates launches his new book The Message at Howard University Cramton Auditorium this Thursday, a free student event sponsored by Moorland Spingarn Research Center