Black Lives

Black alums share their stories.

Meet Stanford’s First Black Administrator
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Meet Stanford’s First Black Administrator

Sam McDonald came to campus to build roads and departed with one named after him.

by Sam Scott

The Plot Twist
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The Plot Twist

How a TV news producer wrote her own Hollywood ending.

by Kelli Anderson

The Bowser Effect
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The Bowser Effect

Bringing Black female friendship to the fore, on-screen and off.

by Makeda Easter

The Bard of Barbecue
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The Bard of Barbecue

Adrian Miller is a lawyer by training, a church council director by profession and a soul food scholar by avocation. And what people most want to talk to him about is a perfectly cooked sparerib.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Black, Pregnant and Grieving
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Black, Pregnant and Grieving

‘For some of us, the journey to motherhood comes at a higher cost.’

by Herbrina Sanders

Black Breath Matters
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Black Breath Matters

How can what’s happening in America not weigh on our collective conscience?

by Dionne Hill