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...
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."...
SHARON PUGHClass of 1969I found my identity amidst rapid demographic, social, and political changes. The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The rise of Washington DC as "Chocolate City."...
LINDA WILLIAMS, Ph.D. Class of 1967 I’ve gained an expanding awareness of “life’s many realities” as a result of growing up in my neighborhood and times. I’ve left Washington, D.C.,...
Last week was Week 2 of “The 1960s Project.” In this project, we’re compiling reflections from those who attended high school in the 1960s. Some will have started in the late 1950s...
SUBODH MATHUR Class of 1966 Looking back, life in India was entirely physically and socially different from my life in the United States. However, adapting to life in the US...
DAVID LANGClass of 1966Before I arrived on Howard University’s campus in fall 1966, “black” wasn’t part of my lexicon. I was “colored” or “Negro.” In my eyes, as well as...
What a successful “launch week” of “The 1960’s Project.” In this project, we’re compiling reflections of those who attended high school in the 1960s. Some will have started in the...
OKELLA PAIGE TRICEClass of 1962Looking back, Germantown, the neighborhood and high school conjure up pleasant and unpleasant memories. Growing up in those places and spaces, I had to confront the...
