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I
am so proud of my ALMA MATER, LINCOLN UNIVERSITY! You know I take
every chance I get to brag about Lincoln. But having come through a
pandemic, maintained the integrity of our mission, and having the most
dynamic president ever in the personage of Dr. Brenda Allen, is no small
feat.
Nor
is having two commencements, back to back, with some of the most
dynamic and enigmatic leaders on the planet as our guest speakers and
receiving our honorary doctorates, is meteoric.
Congratulations
to them all - but especially to our own Dr. Charles V. Hamilton, whom I
had the pleasure and honor of being my Political Science professor and
mentor during my matriculation at Lincoln; and Mr. Emory Wimbush, who
ran our library - now named after Langston Hughes - and provided me with
many thought provoking debates and conversations when I was a
know-it-all student. Because of them, and so many other wonderful
professors, dedicated to us and our success, I say thanks so much for
all you've done, all you do, all you stand for. Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK - Gloria DULAN-Wilson LU EMERITA 1967
HAIL! HAIL! LINCOLN!!
Dr.
Charles V. Hamilton, Author of Black Power, Powell, and other
definitive books on Black Politics; Dynamic Attorney Benjamin Crump; and
Renowned Professor, Author,
Preacher and Media Commentator Michael Eric Dyson to Deliver Addresses
at Two Lincoln University Commencements
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – Renowned civil rights and personal
injury attorney Benjamin Crump, the attorney for the family of the slain
George Floyd, and Michael Eric Dyson, one of the nation’s most renowned
professors, authors, preachers, lecturers, and media personalities,
will deliver commencement addresses at Lincoln University’s 161st and 162nd commencements this month.
The Class of 2020, whose commencement ceremony was postponed by the
COVID-19 pandemic, will be celebrated at the 1 p.m. ceremony headlined
by Crump this Friday, May 21. The Class of 2021 commencement, which will
feature Dyson’s remarks, will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 23. More
than 440 graduates from each class will be honored.
“Now more than ever, the vision and voices of advocates for social
justice must be heard,” said President Brenda A. Allen. “Mr. Crump’s
persistence, passion, and leadership on civil rights exemplify what we
teach students: to focus their energy on bringing constructive change to
the society in which we live.
“The same can be said of Dr. Dyson. His 24 books, including seven New
York Times bestsellers whose subjects range from Martin Luther King,
Jr. to Malcolm X, Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, and Barack Obama—as well as his
commentary on NPR, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News--continue to illuminate, in
frank and searing terms, what it means to be Black in America.”
Selected for these honors by the faculty and approved by the Board of
Trustees, Crump will also receive an honorary Doctor of Laws and Dr.
Dyson will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. During
Friday’s ceremony, three recipients will also receive honorary Doctor of
Humane Letters degrees: Nelson Henry Jr. (posthumously), Dr. Leonard
Bethel, and Emery Wimbish. During Sunday’s commencement, Gloria Carter,
Dr. Charles V. Hamilton, and Percy (Master P) Miller will receive
honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees.
About Dr. Charles V. Hamilton
Dr. Charles V. Hamilton, a
former Lincoln University professor, is a
political scientist, civil rights leader, author, and the Wallace S.
Sayre Professor Emeritus of Government at Columbia University. One of
the first African Americans to hold an endowed chair at an Ivy League
university, Hamilton focused his research on urban politics and the
civil rights movement. His most famous and best-selling book is BLACK
POWER: THE POLITICS OF LIBERATION IN AMERICA, which he researched and
co-authored with Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) at Lincoln University,
in 1967. The 50th Anniversary celebration of the book was held at
Columbia University. BLACK POWER is the foundation upon which many
activists and political leaders based their philosophy and strategy.
Dr. Hamilton was also legal counsel for the Student NonViolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Dr. Hamilton graduated from Roosevelt
University in Chicago in 1951 and earned a master’s degree in 1957 from
the University of Chicago. After teaching for several years at the
Tuskegee Institute, he returned to the University of Chicago, where he
earned his Ph.D. in 1964. He was on the faculty of Rutgers University,
Lincoln University, and his alma mater, Roosevelt University, before
joining Columbia in 1969.
About Benjamin Crump
Crump has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers
and advocates for social justice. He has successfully battled to
protect constitutional rights at the local, state, and federal levels,
using his advocacy skills and the high profile of the cases to provide a
voice to those long silenced and hope to those pushed to the outside.
He is the founder and principal owner of Ben Crump Law.
Crump has represented clients in some of the most high-profile cases
in the United States, including Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and
George Floyd.
Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, he graduated from Florida State
University and received his law degree from FSU College of Law.
About Michael Eric Dyson
Dyson has taught at some of the nation’s most distinguished
universities, including Brown, UNC Chapel Hill, Columbia, DePaul,
Georgetown, and the University of Pennsylvania. He is presently NEH
Centennial Chair; Distinguished University Professor of African American
and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts & Science; and Distinguished
University Professor of Ethics and Society, The Divinity School,
Vanderbilt University.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, he earned a bachelor's degree from
Carson–Newman College in 1985 and a Ph.D. in religion from Princeton
University in 1993.
About Nelson Henry Jr.
Nelson Henry Jr. attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania for
three years before serving his country in the U.S. Army. Henry, a World
War II veteran, was among more than 48,000 soldiers who were given “blue
discharges” between 1941 and 1945. Of those, a disproportionate number
went to black, gay, or lesbian service members. Neither honorable nor
dishonorable, the blue discharge denied them access to military benefits
such as a funeral honor guard. Printed on blue paper, the discharge was
a notice to potential employers who refused to hire soldiers without an
honorable discharge.
Nearly 75 years later, after Henry fought for decades to have it
changed, the Army found that an injustice had occurred and finally
upgraded the decision to an honorable discharge. Henry passed away on
May 9, 2020; a representative of Henry will receive the honorary degree
on his behalf.
About Dr. Leonard Bethel ’61
Dr. Leonard L. Bethel is a professor emeritus from Rutgers
University. He taught in the Africana Studies Department and retired in
June 2011 after 42 years. Born in Philadelphia, he earned a Bachelor of
Arts in political science from Lincoln University in 1961. He then
earned a master of divinity degree from Johnson C. Smith University
School of Theology and a master of arts from the New Brunswick Theology
Seminary. He completed his doctorate of education from the Graduate
School of Education at Rutgers University in 1975.
Dr. Bethel has served on various boards and has been honored with
several service awards from various institutions. He is a member of the
Lincoln University Athletic Hall of Fame and served for many years on
the Lincoln University Board of Trustees.
About Emery Wimbish, Jr.
Emery Wimbish, Jr. served a long and distinguished career at Lincoln
University, retiring as the dean of the Langston Hughes Memorial
Library.
In 1971, an idea for mini-libraries in Frederick Douglass and
Hansberry Halls was created when he gave Dean Bradshaw Kindsey duplicate
copies of books from Vail Memorial Library, thereby putting those books
in closer reach to the Lincoln community and creating an experience of
living and learning in the halls. He was chosen as the University’s
representative to receive the personal library donated from the estate
of Langston Hughes. He also received a substantial grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities to sponsor a national conference
on Langston Hughes.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he earned degrees from Clark College and
Atlanta University, both in Atlanta, Georgia; and Columbia University in
New York.
About Gloria Carter
Gloria Carter is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the
Shawn Carter Foundation (SCF), which she established in 2003 with her
son Shawn Carter. SCF helps young individuals facing socio-economic
hardships further their education at institutions of higher learning.
SCF Scholars represent diverse backgrounds, and typically face
significant barriers to success such as teen pregnancy, homelessness,
former incarceration, interrupted schooling, and sexual and domestic
abuse. However, they all possess an extraordinary desire to pursue their
educational and professional dreams.
Through the Foundation’s signature scholarship fund, annual college
tours, study abroad experiences, counseling initiatives, wealth-building
workshops, career exposure opportunities, and holiday toy and meal
drives, youth and communities in need have benefited and been able to
overcome obstacles to success.
About Percy (Master P) Miller
Percy (Master P) Miller is a hip-hop mogul, actor, producer,
entrepreneur, and philanthropist who founded No Limit Records, which has
sold 100 million records. In 1990, at a time when record labels were
still reluctant to look beyond New York or Los Angeles, he formed his
own label, No Limit—a label whose artists have included Mystikal, Kane
& Abel, and Snoop Dogg. Miller, who was born in New Orleans, also has established himself as a
savvy businessman with a range of investments and interests beyond rap.
For more information, visit the Commencement website. Lincoln
University’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram feeds will have images and
stories about the weekend’s activities. Commencement photos will be
available to download from Lincoln’s Flickr account following the event.
The official hashtags for Commencement are #LUGrad2020, #Lincoln2020,
#LUGrad2021 and #Lincoln2021
Media: All members are required to inform the Office of
Communications & Public Relations in advance for access to the
ceremony and dignitaries for interviews. Please contact the Office of
Communications at communications@lincoln.edu or 484-365-7427.
Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting
Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers
students to lead their communities and change the world. Lincoln offers a
rigorous liberal arts education to a diverse student body of
approximately 2,200 men and women in more than 35 undergraduate and
graduate program.
I
am so happy they are finally giving you the recognition you have
deserved for eons. It's long overdue - but I'm glad you're here to
receive it.
Unfortunately
I won't be able to be there to see you receive the honor in person -
but I'll definitely be watching it via modern technology. I tried to
convince my physician that I wouldn't do anything "dangerous," but he
put his medical foot down on my plans (SMH).
I
just found out that you returned to our side of the
planet. How wonderful!! Of course, knowing you, you've been integrally
involved with whatever is going on. How could you not! It's who you
are! What I find so totally remarkable is that you are still a Fine
Black Man at the age of 92. You had to know that most of us co-eds at
Lincoln had a major crush on you. And still do, by the way.
I
love the fact that you are our own personal LIVING LEGEND - and no one
has come close since. You taught us so much Black in the Day at LU. Ask
anyone from our class (66 through 69) and we'll each have at least 10
Doc Hamilton stories to tell - with fondness and LOVE - if not more.
I
know you'll be pleased with the way we were able to defend and retain
our own homegrown LU Grad and President, Dr. Brenda Allen - straight out
of the Doc Hamiltonian methodology, coupled with the time honored
Lincoln Spirit. She's an absolutely amazing lady.
Below
is an "edited" copy of the letter I originally sent in support of your
receiving our full honors. Sam Anderson thought it was worthy of
publication. No doubt they have the original version - the one below is
slightly edited - but no less true.
Please read it at your leisure -
Again, much love and congratulations on this wonderful accolade.
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria DULAN-Wilson LU EMERITA '67
PS:
I generally write in Crimson in honor of my Sorority, Delta Sigma
Theta; but it can also be because of your Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi
By Gloria DULAN-Wilson
Originally submitted on November 6, 2019. This would have happened in 2020 - but, as we all know, the COVID-19, intervened.
Hello All:
I almost want to say it's about time, but I won't.
I'm
responding to Carol Black's request for notes on Doc Hamilton's
worthiness to receive an honorary Doctorate from Lincoln U.
These are my notes and my thoughts - from the heart:
There's
a peculiar magic about Lincoln University, that has been part of its
heritage since its inception in 1854: We either attract greatness or
transform fledglings into greatness. And that has been our M.O. for 165
years!
We are the only HBCU that gave Africa two (2) Black presidents.
We are the only HBCU that produced a Supreme Court Justice.
We gave the world the Poet Laureate Langston Hughes, Gil Scott-Heron, Cab Calloway, among others
But
one of the unsung heroes who really put Lincoln on the map in the 60s
and 70s, during the emergence of Black pride and Black power, was
Professor Charles V. Hamilton, who at the time served as the Chairman of
Lincoln's Political Science Department.
Simultaneously, he served as legal counsel for The Student NonViolent
Coordinating Committee - SNCC - an organization comprised of Black
students across the US, who came together to fight and eradicate racism,
discrimination, segregation through peaceful, nonviolent means. SNCC's
Chair at the time was Stokley Carmichael.
These
were heady times in the 60s. The March on Washington was held in
August 1963. There Kennedy was assassinated in that same year. Many
Black icons and activists - and innocents - were being executed,
primarily in the South. There was an unauthorized war in Viet Nam and
young Black men were being sent there to fight it.
Interestingly
enough Lincoln was an all Black University, whose white president -
Dr. Marvin Wachman - was current on, and concered about, issues that
affected Black people at that time. Drs. Hamilton and Wachman met at a
conference in Philadelphia while Hamilton was teaching at Rutgers.
After having had an intense conversation on the future of Civil Rights
actiivism, Wachman liked him so much he offered him the opportunity to
come to Lincoln as chair of the Political Science Department. At the
time Lincoln only had 600 students - all male. Initially Hamilton
turned it down - but Wachman gave him the same lineage of Lincoln I just
shared with you - and it was a lock! He finally agreed!
So
in the Fall of 1964, Hamilton and his family - Dona, his wife, two
daughters, arrived at Lincoln University - all male, wild, but budding
geniuses - geniuses whose minds he could challenge and encourage to dig
deeper.
Hamilton's
ties with SNCC and Stokely Carmichael fired our imaginations. Whenever
anything went wrong in the south - Mississippi, Alabama, North or South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida - Hamilton was on the next jet to represent
SNCC members and save them from lynching, incarceration and a host of
injustices that were routinely being visited on our valiant Brothers and
Sisters.
Hamilton
was Charismatic - which surely must have baffled the southern racists,
because he always emerged victorious. And when he returned to Lincoln,
practically everybody cut class to come hear the HAMILTON REPORT on what
was going on in the south.
HE WAS/IS OUR OWN PERSONAL SUPER HERO!
Doc
Hamilton resides in Chicago - he is still as erudite as ever. He is
still one of my personal heroes. Hamiltonian Politics, as we called it
at Lincoln in the 60s, was comprehensive, savvy, effective - Hamilton
has informed and been consulted my Congressmen and women, presidential
candiates, and others who know his reputation. President Obama audited
his classes!!
Doc (as we lovingly called him) and his wife Dona penned the excellent, in depth bio and analysis entitled, "Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. The Political Biography of an American Dilemma."
It was so well received they were interviewed on several news and talk
shows. It still stands as the single most comprehensive coverage of
Powell's impact on Black (and white) American politics.
Below is one of my blog posts on Doc Hamilton as well as some excerpts from various articles over the past 10 years.
Doc
also travels back and forth between Chicago and South Africa - his
first love - and maintains active communication with African leaders in
several countries - friendships forged during his tenure at Lincoln
University.
I
fully believe that Doc Hamilton is more than worthy of an honorary
Doctorate from Lincoln University. I think we would be remiss in not
doing so. I also think there should be a building and a wing dedicated
to him to house his papers - especially the papers from Black power. He
is our CHARLES V. HAMILTON.
THE
FOLLOWING ARE NOTES AND STATEMENTS FROM A VARIETY OF ARTICLES I'VE
WRITTEN OVER THE YEARS WHERE I MENTION DOC HAMILTON AND HIS HISTORICAL
SIGNIFICANCE
The
60s was the Civil Rights Era, but, more importantly, it was the
beginning of BLACK POWER - and our class of 1967 was the Black Power
Class - thanks to Doc Hamilton and Carmichael.
We are the BLACK POWER CLASS - Before the world even knew what BLACK POWER was about!!!
We
are the beginning of the wearing of naturals and African clothes. We
are the ones who met with Stokeley Carmichael and Doc Hamilton as they
planned the next SNCC strategies. We gave asylum to our African freedom
fighting brothers from South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, the Congo, as
well as classmates to those brothers from newly liberated African
countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda -
as you can see, I love bragging about Lincoln University.
I have always felt that I was in a
privileged space at Lincoln. Especially having the opportunity to
study political science under Dr. Charles V. Hamilton - legal counsel
for SNCC, and one of the finest and most dynamic Black men on the planet
- then and now. He was not only the most dynamic personage on the
campus, but he walked his talk - often having to go to Mississippi and
other areas to rescue members of SNCC from white racists - a bold move
when you consider that this Black man routinely laid his life on the
line to cross into the south to defend our Black heroes from racist
white judges, jailers and policemen. The entire campus would turn out
for the "Hamilton Report," when he returned, updating us on the things
that happened during his foray into the belly of the beast.
THE GREAT DR CHARLES V. HAMILTON
Our Iconic professor went on to head
Columbia University's International Political Science Department, but
never forgot his early days at Lincoln. And we have never forgotten
him. He just celebrate his 90th birthday on Thursday, October 19, 2019 still
as active as ever.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL - KWAME TOURE`
The other highpoint of my Lincoln life
was Stokely Carmichael and H. Rapp Brown coming to Lincoln to consult
and collaborate with Doc Hamilton on strategies during the high point of
the Civil Rights Movement. But the icing on the cake was when Stokely
came to Lincoln in October, 1966 to enunciate the tenets of BLACK POWER
at Mary Dodd Brown Chapel - to a packed audience. It was the first time
we had heard the statement 'BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!" and the statement
BLACK POWER! We left that assemblage feeling totally empowered. The
following summer Dr. Hamilton and
Stokely Carmichael wrote and published the definitive book BLACK POWER.
All the research was conducted on Lincoln's campus, utilizing Lincoln
University students as interns to help with the research, BLACK POWER
was the first ever book of its kind to do a definitive, in depth
analysis of Black power and its impact and meaning to Black people -
this is the 50th
anniversary of it's publication and the book has been translated into
at least 50 languages and circulated around the world. More
importantly, it's even more relevant today as
the day it was published.
Lincoln
University was also the first Black college to
offer a full complement of African studies, as well as Swahili language
classes; African cosmology classes, and movies originating from Africa
written and produced by Africans. We read Franz Fanon, Cheik Anta Diop,
Chinua Achebe, Leopold Sedor Senghor, Kwame Nkrumah's principles; along
with WEB DuBois, Carter G. Woodson, Lerone Bennett, E. Franklin
Frazier. You name it we had it at the Vail Memorial Library. If it was
Black we had read it, were reading it, discussing it, throwing in our
own theories to boot. You could actually get a degree in African
studies long before it was popular in the rest of the Black schools.
Even Albert Einstein loved Lincoln University, and left a legacy to our
campus (that was long before we arrived, of course). Hamilton was
familiar with and conversant on their philosophies and integrated it
into his Political Science curriculum - so that we had the full spectrum
of what it meant to wield political power in a positive, pragmatic
manner.
Lincoln
University's Sociology Department, headed by Lawrence“Shabby” Foster,
was the only Black college that relied primarily on texts written by
Black sociologists Goode and Hat. It was the mainstay of our
department. From it we learned the socio-psychological effects of
racism, and how it impacted our child rearing practices.
Hamilton
is also a hero - he stood for the students on campus when the KKK had
the audacity to threaten to burn it down - to the point of securing the
perimeter of the campus with a few, well armed and valiant classmates.
In
1966, we were the students who fought off the KKK with real guns when
they burned a cross across from our campus. We posted guards at every
entry, and made it known that they could come at their own risk. They
threatened but never crossed onto Lincoln Soil. In the 150+ years of
our existence, they have not yet laid set foot on our campus. Hamilton
patroled the campus and checked in with students to make sure they were
safe.
We
were the students who had none other than the great Charles V.
Hamilton, head of our Political Science Department, as our mentor. He
was legal counsel for SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee). Students would cut classes and sit in on his class to learn
of their latest status and exploits. We were the campus where Stokely
Carmichael and H. Rap Brown and other Black leaders would come to
formulate strategies for liberation. Dr. Hamilton co-authored “Black
Power” along with Stokely Carmichael, on our campus.
Dr. Charles V. Hamilton - Legal Council for SNCC, Chair of the
Political Science Department, and later head of Columbia University's
International Politics division, was both my mentor and my idol (yes,
you guessed it, I have a thing for Smart Fine Black Men). SNCC used to
have strategy meetings at the campus - wow, sitting with Stokely
Carmichael and H. Rapp Brown in person!!! We were the only Black
college to offer asylum to African refugees from non-independent African
countries - such as South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia (Southwest Africa)
Congo Brazzaville and Kinshasha, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), Angola and
Mozambique - as well as attending classes with brothers from all over
the continent of Africa - Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Uganda, Tanzania (Tanganiyika and Madagascar), Senegal, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Somalia, Eritrea, Liberia, Algeria, Guinea Bissau, Sudan, as well as
the Caribbean - Bermuda, Barbados, Trinidad, the Bahamas, and Jamaica;
one student from China, and several Jewish classmates as well. (c)gloriadulanwilson
Charles V. Hamilton and Stokely Carmichael were the first to use the term "institutional racism" :
The term "institutional racism" was coined and first used in 1967 by Stokely Carmichael (later known as Kwame Ture) and Charles V. Hamilton in Black Power: The Politics of Liberation.[1]
Carmichael and Hamilton wrote that while individual racism is often
identifiable because of its overt nature, institutional racism is less
perceptible because of its "less overt, far more subtle" nature.
Institutional racism "originates in the operation of established and
respected forces in the society, and thus receives far less public
condemnation than [individual racism]".[2] They gave examples." WIKIPEDIA
Congratulations on your latest citation:
Professor
Charles Vernon Hamilton
Columbia University
Political scientist; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Political Science
Member Since
1993
April 21, 2021
Charles V. Hamilton is the Wallace S. Sayre Professor
Emeritus of Government at Columbia University. One of the first African
Americans to hold an endowed chair at an Ivy League university, Hamilton
focused his research on urban politics and the Civil Rights movement.
His most famous book, which was a best-seller, was co-authored with
Stokely Carmichael-Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America (1967). This book transformed Hamilton into a high-profile public intellectual. Another important book was his Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: The Political Biography of an American Dilemma (1991). Hamilton is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
