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Marian Musgrave
Marian Musgrave
Dr. Musgrave was a professor of both English and Black World Studies at Miami from 1969 to 1988. In a time of homogenous hostility, she was a leader and a mentor to many Black students at Miami. She advocated for the expansion of the Black World Studies program, and always centered her students on the work she did to provide a better education for them. Miami even has pictures of her with one of her students, Rita Dove, who went on to become a US Poet Laureate. As Miami is redesigning and renovating Bachelor Hall, where the English Department will be housed, we see a perfect opportunity to name a lobby, courtyard, or classroom in her honor.
Myldred Boston Howell
Myldred Boston Howell
Myldred Boston Howell graduated from Miami University with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology in 1949. Howell, one of only ten Black students on campus at the time, was the first African American in university history allowed to live in a residence hall. Along with around 30 other students, Howell was also a member of the Campus Interracial Club, the first formal organization on Miami’s campus that advocated for equality and the rights of African Americans. When Howell attended Miami University, many of the restaurants and other businesses uptown were segregated, forcing Black Oxford residents and students to be served from the back door of these establishments. The Campus Interracial Club participated in sit-ins in many of these establishments, years before Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. popularized the movement in the 1960s.
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