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May 2, 2021
By Brandon Hogan and Jacoby Adeshei Carter
Dr. Hogan is the director of undergraduate studies and Dr. Carter is the chairman of the philosophy department at Howard. They are both H.B.C.U. graduates.
Cornel West and his co-author made a common mistake when they wrote a recent essay in The Washington Post chastising Howard University for eliminating its classics department. Reducing the decision to a âspiritual catastrophe,â they overlooked a deeper and more urgent problem: the financial constraints facing historically Black colleges and universities, and the inequality that underlies them.
Our approach to this issue is based in our perspective as philosophy professors at Howard who have reverence for the classics. Our department offers seminars on Plato and Aristotle alongside mandatory courses on the history of Africana philosophy. Classical texts have left an indelible mark on modern philosophy and thereâs no question that, in an ideal world, Howard wo
After digging through innumerable manuscripts, podcasts and blogs, I learned that Black folks were very much involved in the construction and operation of our most prestigious colleges from the very beginning. Although most college bylaws, and state constitutions prohibited African Americans from formally attending our oldest institutions as pupils, they played integral roles in other ways.
Among them were construction and engineering technicians, brick masons, coppersmiths, stevedores, cooks/chefs, laborers and security personnel.
Here are a few ivy league, and other colleges that were benefactors of the sweat equity of Black people:
1. College of William and Mary, The Sir Christopher Wren Building