Dr. Benjamin had one of the most intriguing topics to me thus far. Learning about history has never been something I was interested in but learning about the history of Howard has become a new found passion of mine. I never really paid attention to which buildings I was in or the history behind the building. A point that Dr. Benjamin made clear was that we should not walk inside a building here and not know the history behind it. I agree. She clearly caught the attention of my fellow classmates as well because we all wanted her to continue her lecture even though class was over. Something important that I took from her lecture was that everyone she named was considered a scribe. I had a preconceived notion that scribes were people who write. I see I was wrong and scribes can be anyone in history who paved the way for the generations to follow by whatever they did. I knew this history of Tubman Quad but not of some of the halls inside, the most surprising was Crandall. I am interested in visiting the museum in Canterbury, Conneticut. I never knew about Ira Aldridge and that information about him encouraged me to look up more information about him and his life. What Dr. Benjamin expressed about the importance of these scribes has become a goal for me. I want to one day be seen as a scribe for something I've done. I'm not asking for people to name a building after me, I just want to be remembered forever.
Richelle Jenkins
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