A Note to the Dumb

Being the Light I Wish to See

I went overboard once. Now I do it as often as I can.

by Janet Savage

My Dinner with a Klansman

Cassandra Knight, ’91, JD ’94, and her mother find themselves face-to-face with a former grand dragon of the KKK.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

The Power of Place

Inside the museum that shimmers with light on the National Mall—“a rich picture of African American life.”

Stories Spill Out of Her

Amina Gautier, ’99, MA ’99, is ‘writing her heart out.’

by Sam Scott

Supporting Young Black Venture Capitalists

New group founded by Frederick Groce, ’14, MA ’15, seeks to ‘pay it forward.’

by Diana Aguilera

What It Was Like to Be an African American Freshman in 1962

A tiny but historic cohort of African American students entered Stanford on the vanguard of the civil rights movement. This is how it felt.