Clayton State Professor On Historical Role Black College Students Played In Fight For Social Justice
Dr. Jelani Favors, a history professor at Clayton State University, is also author of the book “Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism.” Favors joins “Closer Look” to explain the historical significance of organized efforts of students at historically black colleges and universities in the 1950s and ’60s.
COURTESY OF DR. JELANI FAVORS
In reflecting on the recent protests in Atlanta and across the country, a Clayton State University professor says Black college students have always been at the forefront, organizing and mobilizing for change.
“My hope is that in the same way in which Black colleges served as a catalyst and a springboard — not just for discourse but action — they can continue,” said professor Dr. Jelani Favors, who wrote the award-winning book “Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism.”
Favors made that comment on Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look.”
He told the show’s host, Rose Scott, that the time is now to continue corralling students, helping them to direct their energy to eradicate systemic issues.
“We should be able to look at SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) as a model for transformation and change moving forward,” Favors explained.
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