It’s homecoming week at Thee Jackson State University, home of The Sonic Boom of the South. As I scroll through my Instagram feed seeing all the festivities going on on Thee Yard it caused me to reminisce on how I ended up at my Dear Ole College Home.

Back in the summer of ‘99, yes 1999, I had my heart dead set on attending Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for two reasons: Lawrence Starks and Lillian McFarlin. My maternal grandparents attended WSSU and I wanted to continue the legacy…

I am several days behind on this self-imposed writing challenge and have a very valid reason why. Okay, maybe it is not as valid as one would accept. Honestly, I constantly fall down the YouTube rabbit hole. Yes, almost every single night since the first week of February…