About Us


Blacks at Brown blog is a companion to Blacks at Brown Timeline.
It was created to celebrate Brown University National Diversity Summit, March 6-8, 2015.

Thanks to all who participated in this effort:

Karen Allen Baxter – Curator

Renee Neely – Archivist

Shamara Alhassan – Graduate Student Assistant

Reya Sehgal – Graduate Student Assistant

Andrea Ledesma - Teaching with Technology Innovation Fellow

Hong Chau, Giovi Roz, Melwyn Pak – CIS Academic Technology

With special assistance from Harold Bailey ’70, Bernicestine McLeod Bailey ’68

Acknowledgements


We thank the following individuals, alumni, institutions and archives for their contributions:

Brown Alumni Monthly (BAM)

Brown Center for Students of Color

Brown Daily Herald (BDH)

Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice

Frank Mullin (BAM/photograph of Lynn Nottage)

Inman Page Alumni Council (IPC)

jacksonadvocateonline.com (photograph of Tougaloo College Students)

Mark Ostow (photograph of Afaa Weaver)

Peter Mackie, Archivist for the Edward North Robinson 1896 Collection of Brown Athletics Sports

Ramona Wilkins Bass Kolobe

Researchers @ Brown

Rites and Reason Theatre Archive, Department of Africana Studies

Special Collections of the John Hay Library / University Archives

The Department of Africana Studies:
White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (photograph of President Hogan)**