We celebrated the accomplishments of several black attorneys last week with @lawblsa. Congratulations to all of the award and scholarship winners: Kassem Lucas, Donna Bullock, Rasheedah Phillips, Carlton Johnson, Ebony Wortham, Osazenoriuwa Ebose and Prince Thomas.
The Temple National Trial Team turned in an impressive performance at the tenth annual Capitol City Challenge, advancing to the semi-finals and picking up the tournament’s Professionalism Award. https://t.co/OfdYLWTk24
Kudos to Fox Diversity Committee Co-chair Prince Thomas, named 2018 Professional Mentor of the Year by Temple’s Black Law Students Association! @lawblsa https://t.co/ZC0WlHQldT
Way to go, @templelaw! No other school had as many faculty or as many articles published in the American Journal of Law in 2017, nor in the top 20 rankings. A really fabulous showing by our international law faculty, and wonderful recognition for their great work.
Happy Birthday to Cecil B. Moore (LAW '53), a Philadelphia lawyer, civil rights activist, and Temple Owl!
[📸 Pictured at Temple University with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965.]
Black History Month Leaders: Day 28. Bell Hooks is an author, activist, and feminist. Hooks is a proponent of intersectionality and she advocates for feminism to be more inclusive of black women and their experiences. Bell Hooks’ first and best known work is “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Black History Month Leaders: Day 27. Maya Angelou is a renowned poet and civil rights activist. Angelou’s first and best known work is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou passed in 2014, but her legacy continues to live on.
Black History Month Leaders: Day 26. Alicia Garza is one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement. The movement was spurred after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in 2013. Garza is also an editorial writer with publications in Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, and more.
Black History Month Leaders: Day 25. John Lewis has served as a U.S. Representative since 1987. Congressman Lewis is also a prominent civil rights leader. He was the youngest of the “Big Six” leaders that organized the March on Washington, and one of the original Freedom Riders.
Black History Month Leaders: Day 24. Maxine Waters has served as a U.S. Representative since 1991. She is the most senior African American woman in Congress. Congresswoman Waters received the nickname “Auntie Maxine,” when she became a leader in the opposition of President Trump.
Black History Month Leaders: Day 23. Joy-Ann Reid is a political analyst for MSNBC and host of “AM Joy.” She is also the author of the book “Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide,” co-editor of “We Are The Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama”.