Bertram Phillips

Dr. “Dean” P. Bertrand Phillips was born in Berkley California. Phillips is a long-time champion of civil rights and social and economic justice. He is a tireless advocate for gender equity, equal rights for all, and world peace. As Dean of Student Affairs and professor of education and psychology of Tuskegee Institute (University), he dared to create an integrated tutorial group of college students to tutor Black students in Alabama in the summer of 1965 when Governor George Wallace was standing in the schoolhouse door defiantly shouting, “Segregation Now and Segregation Forever.” He is currently writing a book about the Tuskegee Institute Community Education and Summer Education Programs.

In April 2018, Dr. Phillips received a Living Legend Award in recognition of his service in the Civil Rights Movement and to the People of Lowndes County, Alabama.

Dr. Phillips and Judith Victoria Stirling Phillips have been married for 57 years. They have one daughter, Judith J. L. Phillips (Jajuga), two sons, Stirling and Dale Phillips, and five grandchildren, Dana, Niani, Nathan, Noelani and Maya Phillips.