Dr. Marco Robinson, co-chair of the Ruth J. Simmons Center for Race and Justice at Prairie View A&M University, carries forward the institution’s legacy as a pillar of empowerment and advocacy.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) National Holiday provides all Americans with an opportunity to reflect and refocus our energies on solving the issues profoundly impacting American society. Indeed, much uncertainty looms around American citizen’s social, economic, and political existences going into this new year. Although we are enduring global conflicts, plagues, and pestilence, we
The 2024 election season was marked by intense and dynamic events, and Prairie View A&M University stood out as a major source of expertise and timely commentary. Our faculty and students were at the forefront, providing insightful analysis from the perspective of one of the state’s leading Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Dr. William
Ruth J. Simmons, Prairie View A&M University's eighth president and the first woman in the University’s history to hold the prestigious role, was presented the National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden during a ceremony at the White House on October 21, 2024. This prestigious honor, which acknowledges those who have significantly enhanced our understanding
“It’s among Tayari’s many gifts that she can touch us soul to soul with her words.” – Oprah Winfrey Photo by Tyson Alan Horne PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Sept. 12, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University proudly announces that New York Times bestselling author Tayari Jones will serve as the 2024-2025 Toni Morrison Writer-in-Residence.
Figure 1: Picture of Charles Joel Robinson, courtesy of the Williams Family General Gordon Granger formally decreeing slavery’s end in Galveston on June 19, 1865, was an epoch event that demolished the existing social, economic and political foundations of society in Texas. Moreover, the end of slavery in the Lone Star State ushered
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 11, 2024) - Prairie View A&M University has received a Responsible Computing Challenge award from the Mozilla Foundation, aimed at developing “curricula that empowers students to think about the social and political context of computing.” Mozilla, most widely known for developing the Firefox browser, has made making the internet a force
How does our understanding of American history and culture change when viewed through the eyes of Black women? How should we incorporate Black women’s voices in curriculums to ensure students can benefit from those perspectives? These and related questions will be the focus of (re)Centering the Narrative: Black Women’s Voices of the 19th and 20th
My first encounter with Lucinda, an enslaved woman held at Alta Vista Plantation owned by Jared Kirby, came by way of reading her details on Rice University’s SlaveVoyages website. Kirby carried fifteen-year-old Lucinda on Tuesday, May 25, 1858, from New Orleans, Louisiana, on board the steamship Galveston to Galveston, Texas, with the help of a shipping company, Fellows & Co. The fine
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 4, 2023) – The Special Collections & Archives Department at Prairie View A&M University has received a $450,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funds helped establish the Digital PV Panther Project, which aims to eliminate the silences and erasures surrounding the history of PVAMU. The project is