Black History Month

Fred R. Vernon II

Fred R. Vernon II

Cardinal take flight

News Staff
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Lamar University Class of ’12 and ’13 alumni Fred R. Vernon II started welding while still a student at Memorial High School in Port Arthur and, for a while, it looked like the industrial sector was where he would ultimately earn his bread and butter.
‘I have three teenagers in 10th, 11th and 12th grades, and it’s a journey,’ said a beaming Joe Evans of Alonha, Jordynn and Denver, pictured here alongside their dad and grandma, Betty Evans. ‘I lost my wife (Misty) in 2017, so it’s been a journey, and I’m proud of the perseverance they’ve shown through it all. They keep me going.’

‘I have three teenagers in 10th, 11th and 12th grades, and it’s a journey,’ said a beaming Joe Evans of Alonha, Jordynn and Denver, pictured here alongside their dad and grandma, Betty Evans. ‘I lost my wife (Misty) in 2017, so it’s been a journey, and I’m proud of the perseverance they’ve shown through it all. They keep me going.’

Black History Month 2022: Joe Evans, an everlasting advocate for education

Scott McLendon
Thursday, February 24, 2022
The origins of Black History Month As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice.
Dr. David Willard, son of Elmo Willard III, and Judge Theodore Johns

Dr. David Willard, son of Elmo Willard III, and Judge Theodore Johns

Commemorating "Crusading Lawyers" Johns and Willard

News Staff
Thursday, February 17, 2022
The Origins of Black History Month As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice.
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