“In the “lynching era,” between 1880 to 1940, white Christians lynched nearly five thousand black men and women in a manner with obvious echoes of the Roman crucifixion of Jesus. Yet these “Christians” did not see the...
As an educator I have plenty to worry about on a day-to-day basis. I need to have papers and pencils ready for my students, and my lesson plans must be up to date. I shouldn't have to fear for my safety, as well as the safety o...
On the Sunday evening just before term resumed from Spring Recess, I along with the rest of NJCU’s Orientation Leadership returned from an inspiring conference at Virginia Tech. Some of the students and myself needed to use the ba...
Initially stemming from historian Carter G. Woodson’s Negro History Week in 1926, Black History Month was officially recognized 50 years later by President Gerald Ford. The month was to be an official act of recognition tow...
I sit in the library of NJCU, and it is atypically cool in here. Everyone around me is bundled in sweaters and jackets, while mine rests on my chair. I say this as I have often found the library to be one of the warmest buildi...
