(BALTIMORE – July 30, 2026) – I did not know I was economically challenged until I got to Morehouse College. I simply had a dream. My counselor at Dunbar High School, Lillian Gundy, looked at me one day and said, “You look like a Morehouse man.” Then I saw the brochure. It was a wrap after that. There was nothing else to talk about. I was going to Morehouse. Just being accepted was rewarding to me. Actually setting foot on that campus became one of the greatest experiences of my life. I completed three semesters at Morehouse. My mother begged, borrowed, and stole, I imagine, to make it possible for me to go. Education was always a top priority in our household, and sending me to Morehouse was one of the most important decisions ever made for me. At Morehouse, I met Coretta Scott King. I met brothers from across the country. I met the Spelmanites. I encountered Black brilliance, Black history, Black expectations, and a world much larger than the one I had known in Baltimore. It was the greatest experience of my life. I would do it all over again—only a little smarter. But eventually, I had to face reality: I could not afford it. It was simply too much. That did not mean the dream was over. It meant my road would be different. Seven Schools and One Destination I stayed on my educational journey. It took me through about seven different schools, including Morgan State University, before I finally earned my bachelor’s degree from Coppin State University. Years later, Morgan would become the place where I earned my master’s degree. Each institution contributed something important to my journey. But Coppin was where it all came together for me. You could not have told me in a million years that I would end up at Coppin. Coppin was only four blocks from my childhood home on Moreland Avenue, where I lived from about age 9 to 18. My nursery school was farther away. Understand something: I was a dreamer. I was a visionary. I was thinking about Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama—not North Avenue. In my mind, college was supposed to take me somewhere far away. I did not yet understand that sometimes God places what you need right in front of you. During my first semester at Coppin, I learned about the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. That program changed everything. Ron Collins, Dean T.J. Bryan, Bob Cattaliati, Judith Wilner, Ann Cobb and Ron Nichols were all part of my educational development. They poured knowledge, discipline and expectation into us. Dean T.J. Bryan worked us like Hebrew slaves—and I thank that woman to this day for everything she did for us. She made us better. She made us stronger. She showed us the ropes and introduced us to academic greatness. She exposed us to scholars such as Dr. Edmonds, who could break down the concept of an outline to its most basic premise and make it…
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