It took 8 minutes and 46 seconds and 600 Hundred Years for the collective will of human kind to recognize Black Lives Matter.
Texas Southern University came to being from civil unrest. One of the key purposes of the institution is to provide a voice for the urban communities we serve. The cover photograph depicts two colleges whose name sakes are icons for social justice and change.
​​​​​​​Thurgood Marshal School of law right background and Barbara Jordan Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs left foreground. As we enter this and other discussions to follow we must be keen to recognize it requires more than talk but activism and policy in action.
      Let the Discussion for Change Begin.​​​​​​​

                        A Very Brief Timeline
1415 Portugese came into contact with the KONGO. 
​​​​​​​c. 1550 Africans sold as slaves trading post West Africa and shipped across the Atlantic.
c.1619, 1620 Slaves brought to US Fort Hampton then to Jamestown
​​​​​​​c.​​​​ 1770 The Triangle Trade earns its name
1804. end of Haitian revolution - paves the way for the rise of the United States
1834. Slavery abolisheed in the Caribbean
1950s - 1960s. Civil Righs Movement
2020 Covid 19 followed by global hit; then murder of George Floyd. What do we do now?

https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191737589.timeline.0001

c, 1770 The Triangle Trade earns its name

c, 1770 The Triangle Trade earns its name

2020 Covid 19 followed by global hit; then murder of George Floyd. What do we do now?