Speaker Profile
鈥淛elani was absolutely brilliant. Best talk at our university in 20+ years.鈥濃�擲tanford
鈥淚 wanted to express my gratitude for the FABULOUS talk at our library employee鈥檚 Juneteenth Celebration and History event! Everyone raved about the talk, which inspired many and prompted deep conversation.鈥濃�擴niversity of California, San Diego
Jelani M. Favors is the Henry E. Frye Distinguished Professor of History at North Carolina A&T State University and the first director of A&T’s . His recent research has focused on the role historically Black colleges and universities played in the African American freedom struggle as well as the larger Civil Rights Movement. His book, : How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism was awarded the Museum of African American History Stone Book Award and the Lillian Smith Book Award, and was a finalist for the Pauli Murray Book Prize. Favors is a sought after speaker, his work resetting the narrative on the legacy of historically Black colleges and universities and their contributions to the Black liberation struggle in America.
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