Diverse Education News May 10, 2021 <https://diverseeducation.com/article/214317/> Morehouse College Celebrates the Life of Dr. Tobe Johnson Morehouse College<https://inside.morehouse.edu/news/news-inside/recognizing-an-iconic-life-morehouse-college-mourns-the-passing-and-celebrates-the-life-of-dr-tobe-johnson.html#:~:text=Morehouse%20College%20celebrates%20the%20life,institution's%20longest-serving%20faculty%20member> is honoring the late Dr. Tobe Johnson,<https://diverseeducation.com/article/112250/> professor emeritus and Morehouse's longest-serving faculty member, having been associated with the school for more than 70 years as student, alum, faculty and administrator. Johnson died last week. Johnson taught at the school for 59 years as Avalon professor and chair of the political science department. He retired in 2018. Among his students was Jeh Johnson, who would become the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Randall L. Woodfin, the youngest mayor ever elected in Birmingham, Ala., and Maynard H. Jackson Jr., Atlanta's first Black mayor. October 21, 2019, was proclaimed Dr. Tobe Johnson Day in the city of Atlanta. Johnson became the first Black person to receive a Ph.D. in government (political science) from Columbia University. He ran one of the only Peace Corps volunteer training programs in the South and was an Air Force veteran. Sandra M. Phoenix HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/