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Pennsylvania Western University will host a series of virtual events throughout the month honoring the legacies, accomplishments and struggles of African Americans throughout history.
Fifth annual Evening of Black Excellence ceremony honored UTA graduates
On the December 7 1983 my brother Edgar Graham paused in University Square on the way to his work as a law lecturer in Queen’s Law Faculty to chat to a colleague.
William Russell Ellis’ songwriting career had an unlikely start. After reading an article about a writer cleaning houses to get by, Ellis decided to greet his family’s housekeeper every day by singing her name — a habit that turned into a song, aptly named “Eliza.” “I said to myself, ‘Russell Ellis, you are just one generation away from slavery. You have the right to invisibilize no one,’ ” Ellis said. “And then, for the rest of the year, songs keep coming up.” Since then, Ellis has recruited his children to help him produce his music with Berkeley Cat Records, including...