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12 MSU HOMECOMING 2025: WELCOME TO THE FUTURE A Historian’ s journey to Morgan State University. From doubt to discovery, finding his purpose, pride, and family. For him, Morgan’ s Homecoming isn’ t just a celebration, it’ s coming home.
The Morgan Global Journalism Review( MGJR) is an online quarterly published by the School of Global Journalism & Communication at Morgan State University. MGJR’ s mission is to promote journalistic excellence and provide reporting and analysis of media and communications trends, issues and events from an international perspective.
PUBLISHER Jackie Jones
EDITOR DeWayne Wickham
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Courtland Milloy Adam Nguyen Edwin Johnson Diane Harris Lani Sutton Addis Romero
COPY EDITOR Osaretin Iyare
DESIGNER Sherry Poole Clark
TECHNICAL SUPPORT Ivery Johnson
WEBMASTER Henry McEachnie
CONTACT US: Morgan Global Journalism Review Email: jacqueline. jones @ morgan. edu
Morgan State University Communication Center 363 Baltimore, MD 21251 Phone:( 443) 885-3502
16 THE OCCUPATION OF WASHINGTON, D. C: A VIEW FROM DOWNTOWN In the heart of D. C., armed National Guardsmen have become a daily fixture – staioned in parks, train stations and even outside coffee shops – following a Presidential order. As tensions rise and legal battles unfold, the Capital grapples with what public safety means and who defines it.
20 THE OCCUPATION OF WASHINGTON, D. C: A VIEW FROM THE HOOD In Southeast D. C., National Guard troops joined residents for a neighborhood cleanup, offering helping hands in a city where their presence remains politically and emotionally charged.
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4 DEAN’ S CORNER Jackie Jones is Dean of the School of Global Journalism & Communication
8 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR DeWayne Wickham is Dean Emeritus and Director, Center for New Media & Strategic Initiatives, School of Global Journalism and Communication
24 PAGES FROM THE ARCHIVES In 1963, Maryland Gov. Millard Tawes sent the National Guard into Cambridge, Md., to quell racial protests. The troops stayed two years- the longest occupation of a U. S. community since the Civil War.
31 BOOKSMART … A FEW WORDS ABOUT WORDS“ Black AF History – The Un-Whitewashed Story of America” With razor-sharp wit, rich research, and personal insight, Michael Harriot reframes U. S. history through a Black lens.
“ You’ ve Got A Place Here, Too,” An Anthropology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs” Celebrating the rich culture, love and community that make HBCUs truly special, capturing diverse stories of belonging, self acceptance and black love.
33 MOVIE REVIEW“ Highest 2 Lowest” Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite for a fifth collaboration that blends suspense, soul, and cinematic swagger in a love letter to New York.
34 TRANSITIONS EARL RICHARDSON: THE ARCHITECT OF MORGAN’ S RENAISSANCE The transformative former President of Morgan State University engineered one of the most significant victories for Black higher education – a $ 577 million settlement for Maryland’ s HBCUs after a 15-year legal fight.
ASSATA SHAKUR: A BLACK LIBERATION ACTIVIST A 2002 trip to Cuba brought Black journalists face to face with Assata Shakur – activist and symbol of resistance. Shakur, following years of passionate advocacy, died a symbol of resistance and empowerment for Black freedom fighters across the world
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