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■ THE 21 st CENTURY- MAKING THE CONNECTION! - SSS LAW DAY Morris Brown Student Bar Association in the Legal Studies Department organized its first annual “Law Day” held on March 9, 1999. Our theme this year was “Blacks And The Law.” Our purpose is to spread the word in the Adanta University Center, and throughout the Adanta community about the many ways that the law affects black people. We presented a student symposium on Blacks And The Law which was held in the Legal Studies Department Place... Again! T he staff of the Wolverine Observer has every reason to be proud...the pub lication was awarded “First Place, Outstanding College Newspaper” in the Senior College Division at the re cently concluded 48 th An nual Southern Regional Press Institute convention and competition at Savan nah State University. The publication also won first and second place “Outstanding Senior College Feature Writing.” This is the third award since the reintroduc tion of the publication in the fall of 1996. Morris Brown’s other usu ally successful publication at this annual competition, The Brownite Yearbook, received “Honorable Men tion” as it was the lone entry CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 More Black Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950). Courtesy of Charles H. Houston, Jr., and Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C. (see historical spotlight] By William H. De Sousa Sheppard, J.D., LL.M. CHAIRPERSON, MBC LEGAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT A s we reflect on some of the writ ten expressions of Morris Brown students regarding legal mat ters of the Wolverine Ob server, it is important to note that there is a widespread misconception that the per centage of black lawyers in American has significantly increased since the Civil Rights Movement. This per ception exists because of the expansion of various educa tional opportunities; the greater visibility of black judges; increased visibility of black lawyers in movies and on television; and more re cently, the high visibility of lawyers like Johnnie Cochran, and Cheryl Miller, a member of President Clinton’s im peachment defense legal team. Prior to the Civil Rights Movement, the percentage of black lawyers was less than one percent. Today, the per centage of all minority law yers in America is less than two percent. Among para legals and legal assistants, the percentages are believed to be the same. Raw numbers may have changed, but the percentages of black legal pro fessionals in this country has remained constant. Misconceptions about the actual number of black law yers are present in the larger CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FEA TURES ▼ Benton’s Corner ▼ Campus News ▼ City News ▼ Campus Organizations Classifieds ▼ Editorials ▼ Entertainment t In My Opinion v Open Letter V Politics ▼ Religion News ▼ Sports ▼ Views & Expressions ▼ Wholisticaliy Speaking Lawyers Needed Mrs. Priscilla Jenkins, Director for the Center For A Global Workforce and Community Service (second from left) enjoying conversation of memories with senior residents of Friendship Towers, Southeast Atlanta during the "Intergenerational Valentine's" celebration day with Morris Brown. ValeRtiiie’s Da$> is... (See story on page 5) Founders Day March 15* 1999 By Karen A. Daniel MBC - COLLEGE RELATIONS Founded, on Service, Grounded in Excel lence, and Anchored in Tradition. Founders Day gives us pause to honor the legacy of the men and women whose col lective vision became the Morris Brown College we know today. Pictured are founders Stewart Wiley (top), John Wesley Gaines (middle), and the first president of the board of trustees, Bishop William F. Dickerson. Important Dates to Remember -See Page 12-