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December 1,2020

“To get a good job, get a good education. Go...

LOUIS HICKSClass of 1969“To get a good job, get a good education.  Go to college.” This commercial repeatedly aired when I was watching my favorite television shows as an adolescent. I...

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November 24,2020

From Dismissed to Indispensable

ANNA BRELAND Class of 1969 I had no one to guide me on how to choose a college. Yet, I ended my career as a school counselor… I attended a...

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November 16,2020

Race & Economics Damages: A Conference Presentation 11/20/2020

"Economics of the Draft DC Bill based on the California SB41" Calculating Economic Damages Without Race- and Gender-Based Discrimination, by Subodh Mathur, Jerome Paige, and Richard Lockley1 In our conference presentation, we'll demonstrate how...

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November 13,2020

What Do I Believe?

What do I believe? What do you believe? During "The 1960s Project Live" (November 10, 2020), Linda posted a question in The Chat:" What was my philosophy? In my blog, I Got...

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November 10,2020

I Got By, With Lots of Help

JEROME PAIGE, PH.D. Class of 1965 In 1965 I graduated from Germantown High School in Philadelphia, PA, uncertain what life would bring. Now at age 72.  I have no plans...

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November 8,2020

Puzzle Assembly

We've spent four  Saturday nights putting together a puzzle. What's your Saturday night activity these days?

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November 8,2020

Serendipity: How Did You Celebrate?

Coincidence? For dinner last night I had prepared a vegan “Indian” meal – “vegetable korma,” “chickpea curry, Indian style,” and “cauliflower rice.” I had planned the meal a couple of...

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November 8,2020

Where Was I?

I was in the Whole Foods parking lot in Downtown Silver Spring when off in the distance I heard horns honking. I knew then that the networks had declared Biden...

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October 13,2020

The Making of Me: Self, Education & Marriage At Howard...

JUDITH WINSTON Class of 1961 While I was growing up, I had always dreamed of going to college, even though my father and mother had never attended. The 1950’s musicals...

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October 6,2020

OPPORTUNITY, RACE & LUCK: Grappling with the Enigma of Perpetual...

JAMES PAIGE Class of 1963 My siblings and I didn't grow up wealthy, and I don't remember wanting for anything. However, in retrospect, I became interested those who are "under-resourced."...

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