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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA
On Sunday, May 4, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania conferred an honorary degree on longtime Black Voice News columnist Dr. Ernest C. Levister Jr. at its 149th Commencement.
Dr. Levister is the great grandson of Thomas Hunter Amos, who with his brother James Ralston Amos formed the first graduating class of Lincoln University. He is one of the nation's leading physicians, practicing internal and occupational medicine in San Bernardino. He is also a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California Irvine. Levister graduated from Lincoln University in 1958 and served on the University's Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2007.
Dr. Levister has been a powerful mentor, humanitarian and advocate for medical reform, particularly for the elimination of disparities in health care.
Levister who became emotional during the hooding ceremony, urged families around the globe to consider America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs.) "As a graduate and direct descendent of Lincoln University chartered in 1854 as Ashmun Institute, I am walking testimony to the rich history and power of HBCUs. I encourage families worldwide to join hands to reaffirm the commitment to uphold justice for all and to reinvigorate the circle of solidarity that makes it possible to sustain these great walls of learning for all who reach for knowledge," said Levister.
"These spaces of dialogue, learning and exchange are crucial to keeping Americans and the rest of the world aware of the undeniable importance of educating African Americans and the dangers that continue to lie in its path," he said.
In the late 19th century, colleges for Black students were started in boxcars, (Atlanta University), and church basements (Spelman College). Mary McLeod Bethune, one of the nation's foremost Black educators, opened a college in 1904 with $1.50 and five students. Today, there are 110 historically Black colleges and universities in the US who can count among their graduates such luminaries as W.E.B. DuBois (Fisk University). Thurgood Marshall (Lincoln University and Howard University), Langston Hughes and Roscoe Lee Brown (Lincoln University), Toni Morrison (Howard University) and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Morehouse College).
During the first 100 years of its existence, Lincoln graduated approximately 25% of the Black physicians and more than 15% of the Black attorneys in the United States. Its alumni have headed over 35 colleges and universities and scores of prominent churches. At least 10 of its alumni have served as U.S. ambassadors or missions chiefs. Many are federal, state and municipal judges and have served as mayors or city managers.
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