Higher Education - Fairfield, Alabama, United States
Inaugural Executive Director, Center for Economic and Social Justice
Miles College was founded in 1896 by the colored Methodist Episcopal Church, now the Christioan Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.) and chartered by the State of Alabama in 1905 as Miles Memorial College to educate African-American young people. Miles College has been ranked as the fastest growidng United Negro College Fund (UNCF) member in the nation. Alumni of Miles College number 5,200 in the state of Alabama and 4,600 of those live in greater Birmingham contributing to progress as leading educators, preachers, business executives, entrepreneurs, politicians and community leaders.