THE ATLANTA VOICE – The first Disney-related character you see upon boarding the Disney Destiny and entering the grand hall of the latest addition to the global entertainment company’s fleet of cruise ships, is Black, strong, magnificent in stature, and representative of the hopes and dreams of Black comic book and Marvel fans the world over. T’Challa, the Black Panther, King of Wakanda. The statue looms large over any other character depictions on the ship. He is standing with his shoulders back, his fist balled up, ready for battle if necessary. At his feet is a panther in mid-stride, equally ready…
Author: Donnell Suggs The Atlanta Voice
Rice broke barriers as the first woman leader at two HBCU medical schools, and she’s committed to health equity and training more Black doctors. There are only four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) medical schools in the United States — Morehouse School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Howard University College of Medicine, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Valerie Montgomery Rice has played a significant role at two of them. She’s not just the sixth president of Morehouse School of Medicine; she’s the first woman to run it. And over at Meharry Medical College in Nashville?…