Brother Dr. Richard Smith Featured on American Black Journal
Host Stephen Henderson talks with Bro. Dr. Richard Smith, a longtime member of St. Matthew’s & St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church along with Rev. Lawrence Rodgers, Pastor of Second Baptist Church. Black churches such as Second Baptist Church, St. Matthew Episcopal...
Brother Cornelius L. Henderson Remembered
Epsilon Brother Cornelius Langston Henderson was a pioneering African American civil engineer who broke racial barriers in his field to work on two historic projects in the Great Lakes area during the 1920s. Henderson spent all of his career with the Canadian Bridge...
Brother Willis Ward, University of Michigan Football, 1931-1934; Track, 1933-1935
Listen to Brother Ward as he discusses his experiences after the University of Michigan, including the circumstances of his recruitment, relationship with coach Harry Kipke and Fielding Yost, the notorious 1934 Georgia Tech game controversy in which he was held out of...
These Are Their Names
Brother Richard Smith, MD, Epsilon 1969, flipped through publications celebrating the University of Michigan’s bicentennial in 2017, he couldn’t help but notice what was amiss from the 200-year history painted by the stories and timelines of his alma mater’s past....
Olympian Brother Eddie Tolan
Brother Eddie Tolan made history and broke barriers as a Black athlete. Today, his medals and a pair of his shoes are on display at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, and a field is named in his honor. His triumphs were never easy,...