Aug 14
Renowned educator, psychologist and historian Dr. Asa Hilliard passed away Sunday night. He was 73 years old.
It is believed that Dr. Hilliard may have contracted malaria on a recent trip to Ghana, though autopsy has not yet been performed.
Dr. Hilliard authored and co-authored several books ranging on subjects from black consciousness to educating black youth.
We truly lost a giant. Rest in peace, Dr. Hilliard, and thank you.
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My heart and soul is ever so grateful for having the opportunity to be taught and mentored by Dr. Asa Hilliard. He was my inspiration for returning to college in 1995-2001( at age 57) to complete both my Masters and Doctorate degrees in International Studies and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. As USF students, we were privi leged to hear many of Dr. Hilliard’s presentations invited Dr. Hilliard to present at the university many man, or sometimes to just sit on the floor and have dialogue with him about our teaching circumstances, stratgies and history. His involvement in These experoences are still ever so clear in my mind. It feels tha this joy happened just months ago. The National Black Child Institute’s Annual has been confirmed for this October. I planned to go so that I could hear
Dr. Hilliard once again. No matter how many times you hear him speak, he always has something new to teach you. NBCDI and the The National Black Alliance for Black Educations were training grounds that African and other educators would go to for that yearly dosage of life blood, love and study from
Asa. I have so many cherished pictures of him when he was involved with the California State Department of Education’s Standard English Program. It was his scholarship in African and African American culture, history, language that provided us the tools needed to prevent the white supremist culture from destroying our children. Although, our struggle is an ongoing one, he provided us with the information and the courage to stand up and advocate for our children and their families. I have read so many of his books and each time , I came away from the literary experience by feel ng “no mo tired”, ready and able to continue the fight. I know I speak for many USF students when I say, We love Dr. HIlliard. We are so appreciative that divine order brought our paths together. We will continue the struggle until we join you and our other illustrious African ancestors who paved the way for us.
Thank you to Dr. Asa’s family for sharing him with us! Thank Dr. Hilliard for being willing to give us your all, so that we may give our children all that they deserve. Rest in peace!Peace, Love and Blessings,
Loraine O. Brown
Truly a profound brother. I am glad he passed my way.
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