Funny and caring, that’s what comes to mind when Kenneth Brown II thinks of his father. “He was really caring about his family, his friends, his classmates, the people he taught and mentored over the years,” he said. “I think that’s what was the essence of my father’s being.” Board of Trustees President Kenneth Alan.
Over 25 suited men, dressed in black stood soberly on stage. The men, all alumni from the historically Black men’s college Morehouse, linked arms with heads down and a slow rhythmic sway they began chanting a somber rendition of “Dear Old Morehouse,” their shared college’s official hymn. With tears in their eyes, some audience members.