2022 Convening Highlights

Dr. Quinton Ross, President of Alabama State University, traces the history of social justice activism on HBCU campuses.

TMCF President and CEO Dr. Harry Williams addresses the audience.

Katherine S. Broderick, Dean Emerita of UDC School of Law, (left) converses with Dr. Meldon Hollis (center) and Pace McConkie (right).

Attendees mingle at the reception following the day's discussions.

Dr. N. Joyce Payne, Founder of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice, delivers closing remarks.

Dr. Harry Williams (left) and Dr. N. Joyce Payne (center) greet journalist Kelly Wright (right).

Jim Clifton, GALLUP, Inc. President & CEO, welcomes the audience to the Gallup Building Great Hall.

Rev. Dr. William Barber II (left) speaks to the moral urgency of alleviating poverty in the United States during the opening fireside chat with Dr. N. Joyce Payne (center) and Dr. Harry Williams (right).

Members of the audience ask questions of the panelists.

Dr. Patrice Matchaba, President of the Novartis US Foundation, (center), discusses disparities in data collection for medical research that leads to worse health outcomes for Black Americans.

Dr. Meldon Hollis, Rep. Harold Love, Jr., and Pace McConkie, Esq. speak about the legal struggle for equal funding for HBCUs in a discussion moderated by Payne Center Research Fellow Dr. Sara Partridge.

Rep. Harold Love, Jr. of Tennessee discusses the TN State legislature's 2022 appropriation of $318 million to Tennessee State University to help remedy decades of underfunding.

April Payne (left), Dr. N. Joyce Payne (center) and Dr. Mark Frohman (right).

Dr. Jarvis Hall of North Carolina Central university (left), Payne Center Research Fellow Dr. Xavier Buck, and Jayla Allen, graduate of Prairie View A&M University, share strategies to empower HBCU communities in the fight for voting rights on a panel moderated by Kelly Wright.

Kelly Wright, co-anchor of The World Tonight (BNC), moderates the panel on voting rights.

Members of the audience ask questions of the panelists.