“I mean, obviously it feels very late in our history to celebrate the first African-American anything," remarked University of Chicago Professor and Mellon Mays alum Jacqueline Stewart to the Chicago Tribune. "And yet, when we look at what’s happening across our culture, we’ve had a lot of significant Black firsts only recently...There are lot of incredibly talented people ready to move into all kinds of roles, if someone at the very top flips the switch.”
Michael Philips, "For University of Chicago’s Jacqueline Stewart, Turner Classic Movies is a Teaching Moment," Chicago Tribune, September 26, 2019.
