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Minister Jené A. Colvin, from DePaul’s Division of Mission and Ministry, said her twice-removed great grandmother Eliza Oakley lived to be 95. Born in 1919, Oakley lived when Jim Crow laws were in place and Black Americans constantly faced the threat of lynchings. “Very often, people imagine slavery in the United States as something that...
Fayetteville native, Ashley Colvin, launched her Queen in Me mentoring program to inspire young Black girls to build confidence.
The inaugural Black Excellence Awards were held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, at the Cortelyou Commons, where students, staff and faculty received awards for their outstanding commitment to bettering the climate of the university through service, activism and innovation. The Sankofa Black Student Formation Program hosted a black-tie celebration featuring commemorative speeches, Afrocentric...