it was at exactly this time of the year 80 years ago, in 1939, when @JohnsHopkins made national news for an interesting reason: a white professor resigned over the administration's refusal to admit a Black student.

(warning: twitter pedantry to follow...) the student was Edward Shakespear Lewis, 36 yrs old & head of the Urban League in Baltimore, a major figure in the struggle to secure rights & protections for Black people here during the Depression, especially in employment. he applied as a grad student in political economy