Morehouse College News
August 18, 2014
Dear Michael Brown, Morehouse Brother
Four Morehouse Professors offer a joint statement and open letter to honor the spirit of Michael Brown and to encourage the hope and commitment of young Black men everywhere
Michael Brown, Our Morehouse Brother,
As we begin a new academic year at Morehouse College, we are in memory of Michael Brown. Michael, a young Black man who could easily have been enrolled in our college classes - who looked like us, who is us - was gunned down in Ferguson, Missouri two weeks before beginning his college career. The instance of violence visited on Michael is not unique in the experiences of Black men and boys, college bound or not. The killing in Ferguson signifies a gross historical reality of Black men positioned as but only bodies to be governed, exploited and exterminated within the context of The Great Experiment that is the United States.
Read more at EBONY http://www.ebony.com/news-views/dear-michael-brown-morehouse-brother-987#ixzz3AmYq1T5S
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Executive Director
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