Fisk Forever Alumni

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I’m always scrolling these virtual streets to stay connected with the creatives and disruptors shaping fashion today. With homecoming season just around the corner—especially at HBCUs, where it’s more than a game but a true family reunion—I came across a brand that perfectly captures that spirit.

Eric Lusain is a Birmingham native and lifelong student of craft and culture. After graduating from Fisk University and building a solid career in corporate America, he felt a deeper calling to create something meaningful and lasting. Along the way, he launched a chain of funeral homes across Ohio and Alabama. Here’s a fun link to our stories: my family has owned a funeral home for over four decades too, but that’s definitely not my calling. Eric brings grit, grace, and quiet elegance to everything he does.

Fashion runs deep in his veins. Eric is a fourth-generation tailor, continuing a legacy that began in 1919 with his ancestors’ Black-owned tailoring shop in downtown Birmingham. Taught to sew by his mother, he carries forward that tradition in every stitch, crafting garments that honor family, history, and pride.

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THANKFUL & GREATFUL for this opportunity to be a key note speaker. Looking forward to make an impact and being influential. This is going to be a phenomenal global conference next week.

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Robert Moore embodies what the Fisk Way is. He has been a staple in Fisk Athletics since the 70’s. The head coach had this to say about .

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The late Congressman John Lewis - a son ever on the altar! 💙💛

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REPOST . Crystal deGregory

Recently, I made her-story—again—by becoming the first-ever Honorary Lifetime Member of the Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH).

Being first is a blessing I don’t take lightly, but it’s never the whole assignment. Every “first” should fling the doors wider for who and what comes next.

My prayer is always that in being the first of any good thing, I am neither the only nor the last. I pray that future scholars and storytellers stride through spaces and places carrying their own brilliance (and maybe an even bigger, brighter tassel!). And most importantly, I pray they are supported by others who help shoulder the incredibly heavy mantle of ethical leadership grounded in radical—and yes, accountable—love.

I, too, call on the universe: may the same be attracted unto me, as is deserved.

My endless thanks to my SAWH family for honoring the labor, love, and light poured into —and to the Mary McLeod Bethune Institute and the woman whose name it bears, my daily reminders that Black women’s genius changes worlds, opens doors, shakes tables, still matters, and always will.

If we’ve ever learned together, cried together, swapped sources or battle stories at 2 AM—including the late Marshall Latimore who will always be my model of supportive, loving, co-creative kinship—this honor is yours too.

History belongs to those who keep the receipts at the ready—and the receipts say: we made HERstory.

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Fiskite Robert James - in the news! 🏈💙💛

Robert James played college football for Fisk University and for the NFL Buffalo Bills. James, who grew up in Murfreesboro became a three-time Pro Bowler.