Armstead Robinson, Founding Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia

Black Studies is Armstead Robinson’s relentless pursuit of academic excellence,  Vivian Gordon’s dedicated service,Black Voices’ joyous shots, Houston Baker’s rhetorical mastery, Joseph Washington’s theological probing, the Black Student Alliance’s refusal to accept the dictates and practices of white supremacy, Reginald Butler’s unflinching commitment to the epistemological power of the local, Kevin Everson’s unerring eye…Black Studies is ETERNAL.