Africana Memorial Plaque
3 The Green, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
inside Goddard Chapel
On November 20, 2015, current students, faculty and alumni associated with the Africana Center and the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy gathered at Goddard Chapel to rededicate the Africana Memorial Plaque hanging on the walls of the sanctuary. The plaque was first created by beloved Tufts History professor Gerald R. Gill before he passed away in 2007. It honors the legacy of African American Tufts community members.
Africana Memorial Plaque*
Mae Tyson Wright Williams J27
Jester Harrison A29, H72
Cuthbert Philbert A28, M31
Irma Thompson Diggs J37
Edward Duggar Jr. E41
Dr. Vernon Jones A48
Reginald Alleyne A54
Lorene Douglas McCain J63
Clinton Wright A73
Willie Young A73
Jill Billups Beltran J79
Marsha Vaughn J70
Brenda Holloway J80
Ronnie Woods A80
Morris Benn A82
Ronald Blackburn A85
Ken Noel A86
Karen Henry J88, AG88
Anita Griffey J90
Lena Bruce E92
Gregory Hunter A92
Kyri Kincade J95
Seth Wadley A97
James Vance A81P, Instructor, Experimental College
Jewel Hariston Bell (Director of the African American Center '88-'90)
Davie Sheppard A81, Coach, Track & Football
Edwina Middleton (Office of Financial Aid)
Gerald R. Gill (Associate Professor of History)
Wayne L. Owens, A81, A11P
Cortland O. Duggar, A50
Todd McFadden, Director, Africana Center 1995-1998
You can read more about the people memorialized on the plaque on the Another Light on the Hill exhibit.
*The plaque was reviewed and updated in 2019