Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY) was named after a slain civil rights hero and Black leader who spent his life fighting for the rights of all people to be included in the economic, social, political and educational mainstream of American society without bias or prejudice. The college that...
2010 marks 40 years since the founding of Medgar Evers College in 1970. Under the leadership of Edison O. Jackson, the school has created nationally known centers such as the Center for Law and Social Justice, the Caribbean Research Center, the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, the Ella Baker/Charles Romain Child Care Center,...