D.C. Mondays: Lucy Diggs Slowe

Teacher and social justice advocate Lucy Diggs Slowe transformed education for Black students in D.C. She established new schools, co-founded the nation’s first historically Black sorority, served in trailblazing leadership roles and championed equality and justice in higher education, particularly at her alma mater, Howard University. Join Amy Yeboah Quarkume, editor of Her Truth and Service: Lucy Diggs Slowe in Her Own Words (Columbia University, 2024), as she reflects on Slowe’s influential career. 

About Amy Yeboah Quarkume 
Amy Yeboah Quarkume Ph.D., is associate professor of Africana studies at Howard University. She serves in several university leadership roles, including graduate director of the Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics, and director of student engagement for the Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership. She earned her doctorate in African American studies from Temple University in 2013 and is a White House Initiative HBCU All-Star Campus Mentor.