In celebration of 60 years of impact, community members from Brown and Tougaloo College, a historically Black college in Mississippi, honored the “historic and unparalleled” Brown-Tougaloo Partnership’s enduring legacy and future at a 60th-anniversary celebration on Thursday, June 6, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Established in 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement, the pathbreaking partnership between Tougaloo and Brown began as a student and faculty exchange program that aimed to enrich both campuses. Sixty years later, it has grown into a multifaceted relationship and a model for other schools.
Undergraduates from Brown and Tougaloo spend time learning on the respective campuses, faculty build research collaborations, Tougaloo graduates pursuing medical careers enroll at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School through an early-identification program, and more.
“I’m probably among the few that’s been at the table for 60 years, and I can relate to the ebbs and the flows, but the one thing that stands out to me is progress: 60 years of progress,” said Delores Bolden Stamps, who was a first-year student at Tougaloo when the partnership was established in 1964. The partnership exemplifies “the impactful power of people who are committed to making a difference… Don’t leave this room not knowing the power and the impact of this partnership.”
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