15 times more African American undergraduates have matriculated at Harvard than in the previous 334 years. He has been a proctor in Harvard Yard, an adviser to first-year students, an assistant dean of freshmen and, he likes to think, a friendly responder to anyone seeking help. He has also been an adviser to the Harvard Foundation since its inception in 1981, and in 2002 received the highest honor that Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences confers on an administrator, the FAS Administrative Prize. At the Black Alumni Weekend in October 2003 some generous alumnae and alumni announced the establishment of the David L. Evans Scholarship Fund.
Alfred A. Edmond Jr. is the editor in chief at BlackEnterprise.com
From Opression to the Peak
From the strongholds of oppression
They bore heirs to the thrown of grace
Through the struggle and humiliation
They wore the pain on their face
No medication, to help cope with the strife
No comfort came to console at night
Through the ridicule, low pay, and degredation
They endured for the making of a great nation
Great nation you say, This I cannot see
Their heirs are jailed and mocked
Always in trouble they seem to be
But yet there are those who have made them proud
oh yes, they have done quite well so say it loud
Changed over time to educate and empower
There is one who rose up like a might tower
A nation that once left them without a cent
has now made their heir the president
Geneva Rochester
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