City Colleges of Chicago Proudly Announces the Timuel D. Black Jr. Scholarship and Fellowship Program in Honor of the Legendary City Colleges Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Historian and Author
Timuel D. Black, and credit: CPL Vivian G. Harsh Collection
Black Jr. Scholarship and Fellowship
(TBSF) program is inspired by the
late City Colleges professor Timuel
D. Black Jr’s remarkable career, his
lifelong commitment to equity and
justice in Chicago, and his belief in
the power of community history and
activism.
“People often ask me: ‘where
are the next Tim Blacks?’ Now I can
say with confidence: At City Colleges
of Chicago – being encouraged,
educated, and standing ready to make
a difference! This makes my heart
glad,” said Zenobia Johnson-Black,
his wife of four decades.
“I am honored to join City Colleges
in announcing the Timuel D.
Black Jr. Scholarship and Fellowship
Program (TBSF), which will support
dozens of students seeking to excel in
higher education,” said Chicago Mayor
Lori E. Lightfoot. “This initiative
not only celebrates the life and legacy
of Mr. Black, one of Chicago’s greatest
champions for equity, but encourages
future generations to follow in his
footsteps by becoming advocates for
justice. Ultimately, the TBSF represents
our collective commitment to
our students and dedication to helping
them achieve long lasting success here
in our city and wherever their career
takes them next.”
“Timuel D. Black was a deeply
beloved public
servant and educator.
He is an inspiration
to people across our
city and country,
including me, and
that is why I wanted
to honor Mr. Black’s
memory with a
fellowship that will
help to cultivate
generations of future
Chicago civic and social
justice leaders,”
said Chancellor Juan Salgado, City
Colleges of Chicago.
The scholarship and fellowship
program will work to support 20 City
Colleges students in its pilot year who
are emerging community leaders as
they complete their studies and hone
their community change leadership
skills, as well as their knowledge of
Chicago social movements and local
history. With a commitment to social
justice and racial equity, the program
will uphold the values of Mr. Black
and empower students to affect positive
change in their communities.
Mr. Black was a force for change
throughout his life as an activist,
educator, historian, and revered elder
statesman and griot of Chicago’s
Black community. He worked with Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. when he came
to Chicago to protest housing issues
for West Side residents and helped to
organize thousands of Chicagoans to
join the historic March on Washington.
He taught at Chicago Public Schools
and City Colleges and was instrumental
in the renaming of Loop
College to Harold Washington
College in honor of Chicago’s
first Black mayor. Later he
consulted with then community
organizer Barack Obama about
running for the U.S. Presidency.
“I’ve been inspired by his
public service and Mr. Black’s
work in civil rights all my
life. He has inspired countless
leaders to affect change from our
city’s first Black mayor, Harold
Washington, to former President
Barack Obama and former First
Lady Michelle Obama. I am
honored to be part of this work–
supporting our students as they
too seek to affect change— by
supporting this fellowship and scholarship
through my work,” said Rhonda
Brown, president of the City Colleges
of Chicago Foundation, which will
help to fund this new program.
The deadline to apply is April 15,
2023 and applicants, in part, must be
a City Colleges of Chicago student
with plans to take classes in both the
Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters,
have an interest in civil rights and
community activism, and strive to be
a changemaker. Students must also
commit to the many
activities of the Fellowship
throughout
the 2023-2024 school
year. For more information,
to apply, or
to donate, visit www.
ccc.edu/tbfellows.
City Colleges
of Chicago’s more
than 3,800 faculty
and staff serve more
than 50,000 students
annually at seven
colleges and five satellite sites. City
Colleges’ vision is to be recognized
as the city’s most accessible higher
education engine of socioeconomic
mobility and racial equity – empowering
all Chicagoans to take part in
building a stronger and more just city.
Learn more at: www.ccc.edu.
The City Colleges of Chicago
Foundation is a separate, not-for-profit
501(c)3 created solely to provide
financially for the educational needs of
the City Colleges of Chicago that cannot
be met through state aid or student
tuition income. The CCC Foundation,
with its donors and partners, provides
financial assistance to the student
body, faculty and staff of our seven
colleges and five satellite sites through
the execution of a sustainable development
plan built to maximize contributed
income through effective fundraising,
planned giving, major gift strategy
and prudent investment to fund
scholarships and special programs at
the City Colleges of Chicago.
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