Stories tagged with: Department of African American Studies

Dr. Francine Childs, HON ’97, EMERT ’05, addresses the crowd at an Aug. 28, 2013, event held at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Scholarship honors professor emerita who inspired students to ‘be the change they wish to see’

September 23, 2020 7 min

A new scholarship at Ohio University is paving the way for students to continue the legacy of Professor Emerita Dr. Francine Childs, the first Black professor to be granted tenure at OHIO.

Notable Alumni | LeKeisha Grant Embodies Entrepreneurship, Empowers Young Women

October 20, 2019 4 min

Lekeisha Grant is an entrepreneur. She started her first business in 2012, Ambition Magazine. Transformers Fitness and Ambitious and Annoyed would follow.

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