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MLK Celebration essay winners Cyrus Tareh and Tayo Leshaodo

41st annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration: ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’

2/02/26

Liz McFarlane

MLK Celebration essay winners (L to R) Cyrus Tareh and Tayo Leshaodo In 1985, 97ɫ��’s third president, Dr. Phail Wynn Jr., established the College’s formal observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin…

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2/13/25

Nathaniel B. White Sr., printing industry giant and first Black Board of Trustees member, envisioned a college for all

The 97ɫ�� Industrial Education Center’s Board of Trustees founding members are, standing, from left, George W. Newton, Nathaniel B. White, Dr. Sherwood Githens Jr., Hyland R. McDaniel, Leo A. Downey and Donnie A. Sorrell. Seated, from left, are Harold K. Collins, director of the 97ɫ�� Industrial Education Center; Robert L. Lyon, who was elected chairman during the first meeting; and Edward L. Phillips, who was elected vice chairman.

2/06/25

Founding Board of Trustees open integrated College in 1961

1/29/25

97ɫ�� celebrates 40th year of honoring MLK’s legacy

1/28/25

97ɫ�� changed lives of three generations of one 97ɫ�� family

1/24/25

NCCU, 97ɫ�� partnership for work-based learning honored