Dr. Yohuru Williams is passionate about celebrating and honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. An activist, author, and academic, Dr. Williams hopes members of the University community – ...

In June 2020, St. Thomas announced the formation of its Racial Justice Initiative, a program that works with individuals and organizations to reimagine a future for the Twin Cities free from racial ...

Yohuru Williams is a professor of history at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and the author of several books, including Teaching Beyond the Textbook. He is the former chief historian ...

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Remembering the late Muhammad Ali, New York Times reporter Robert Lipsyte described how the boxer stood for civil rights and social justice as a brash young champion and was gradually morphed by the ...

The Courageous Conversation Series was spearheaded by the University’s Dean of Students Office and the Myatt Center for Diversity and Inclusion. Last summer, Dr. Yohuru Williams was invited to speak ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Dr. Yohuru Williams planned to move away from Minnesota in 2020, but after the death of George Floyd the history professor and director of the Racial Justice Initiative at St. Thomas ...

NEW PRAGUE, Minn. — The head coach of the Minnetonka High School girls basketball team stepped down for the remainder of the year after player-student racism allegations, while in New Prague, the ...

When historian Yohuru Williams became co-chair of the St. Paul Recovery Act Reparations Committee in 2021, he took a deep dive into Minnesota’s history of racial injustices. “Coming here from the East ...

Yohuru Williams is a professor of history at Fairfield University and author or co-author of several books on the civil rights and black power movements, including the forthcoming The Black Panthers: ...