LeMoyne-Owen College celebrates 160 years
LeMoyne-Owen College President Vernell Bennett-Fairs presented a poem during the school's 160th anniversary celebration on Friday, March 11. (Daja E. Henry/Daily Memphian)
“The history of this institution is pivotal to the Black history of Memphis,” Michaela Thomas, a graduating senior who serves as the current Miss LeMoyne-Owen College, said of Memphis’ only HBCU.
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Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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