Plaque in memory of Dr. Gloria Harper Dickinson

Gloria Harper Dickinson Bench dedication

Gloria Harper Dickinson Bench Dedication On April 22, 2023, members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and TCNJ African American Studies department dedicated a bench on the TCNJ campus to the memory of Dr. Gloria Harper Dickinson. African American Studies Department Chair Dr. Piper Kendrix Williams read a statement from Arthur Dickinson, Dr. Dickinson’s husband. […]

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Advocacy- The accomplishments of James Chambers and Dorri Scott

James Chambers “You better make good on the opportunity that we granted,” are the words James Chambers lived by throughout his time at, what formerly was named, Trenton State College. Class of 1974, Chambers used his time at Trenton State College to fight for what he wanted while obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.  The

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The discovery of the history behind the establishment of the African American Studies department at TCNJ

By: Maya Mann To discover the history of the establishment of the African American Studies Department, research was conducted. In the first stages of research it was found that Trenton State College, the old name of The College of New Jersey, had established a Black Studies program around 1970 that was later developed into the

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The African American Presence at TCNJ 1855-1965, Part Two

Searching for Dorothy Frisbey ’17, the first Black Writer for the Signal Our last post on our investigation of the early history of the African American presence at the The College of New Jersey disclosed that while the curriculum and popular entertainment on campus reflected ideas about African American people and culture, the only extant

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Today’s importance and current state of Black Studies as an interdisciplinary Field

Dr. Mark Christian, a professor at Lehman College has been in the field of Black Studies for over 30 years; and is also involved in the National Council of Black Studies. With the interview conducted and a recent document from a NCBS annual conference that he shared with me, as well as relevant documents of

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