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A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Houston played a significant role in dismantling Jim Crow laws, especially attacking segregation in schools and racial housing covenants. He earned the title "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow".
That story begins with Edward Jones of the class of 1826.8 Contemporary Amherst takes pleasure and pride in the memory that, in the fall of 1822, the very second year of the college’s existence, before it had even secured a charter from the state legislature, it had enrolled a black student.
Jun 1, 2016 · This essay extends the scholarship by telling the story of African American male student activists who led the fight for curricular reform at Amherst College, then an all-male liberal arts college in Massachusetts.
- Kabria Baumgartner
- 2016
Apr 14, 2021 · At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 13, hundreds of students, dressed in black, left their classes to gather on the First-Year Quad and participate in a #BlackMindsMatter walkout coordinated by the Black Students Union (BSU). They were spurred by the recent killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man
Kabria Baumgartner. Historians have examined how social movements influenced African American student activism in mid-to-late twentieth century America.
Feb 7, 2020 · He prepped for Amherst at Phillips Academy Andover and attended Amherst College from 1873 until 1875. Our records indicate that he died on August 15, 1875; fortunately, The Amherst Student published a memorial to Smith in the October 9, 1875 issue:
There are multiple sides to this black man of Amherst, of course. But whether you knew Harold Wade in reality or by reputation, it turns out there is more to learn about who he was, what he stood for and how his legacy refuses to fade away.
