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Update on the Ward 8 Race, Pg. 4
In Selma, Obama Shows His Color, Pg. 17
Dave & Busters Headed to Prince George’s, Pg. 17
History Makers: Oblate Sisters of Providence, Pg. 30
Vol. 50, No. 22 Mar. 12 - Mar. 18 2015
Thousands of men, women and children descended on Selma, Alabama last weekend for a host of activities commemorating the 50th anniversary of the event now referred to as “Bloody Sunday.” Participants met at the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge where policemen and troopers once attacked unarmed, peaceful protesters who were attempting to march from Selma to the state capitol, Montgomery, Alabama. /Photo by Lydia Kearney Carlis
Frederick Takes Reins of Howard University Outlines Priorities and Vision of HBCU’s Future
By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer @bsalmondc During a morning ceremony where the Howard University Board of Trustees officially installed Wayne A.I. Frederick as Howard University’s 17th president, he used his inaugural address to articulate
his vision for an institution in the midst of change. Frederick, a native of Port of Spain, Trinidad, who came to the expansive 256-acre central campus as a self-described “naïve 16-year-old,” said his beloved and sometimes beleaguered institution has a promising future, one that must be guided by
truth, service and excellence. “We must make Howard University the go-to institution when external events occur, particularly those related to our mission,” Frederick told a packed audience of faculty, students, colleagues, friends and family at Cramton Auditorium on March 6. “As president, I commit to
working with our faculty and the university community to ensure that we remain actively engaged in public affairs. Where there is a need to speak about justice and inequality, I will lead.” Frederick’s inauguration coincided with the Charter Day Convocation, which commemorates Howard’s founding in 1867 as
a federally chartered, integrated, private, unisex doctoral university. The trustees appointed Frederick interim president until a search committee conducted a nationwide search and chose him to become president in July. Veteran civil rights activist, at-
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