Leroy (Askia) Davis:
CLASS OF 1968
John Jay High SchoolClass of 1968
Brooklyn, NY
Leroy (Askia)'s Story
I left John Jay in January 1968 and entered Brooklyn College. At Brooklyn I became the leader of the Brooklyn League of African American Collegians and we worked together with the students of the Puerto Rican Alliance to fight for Open Admissions throughout City University. For my efforts I was arrested along with 18 other Black and Puerto Rican Students on May 13, 1969. I faced possible sentencing of 228 years until Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm, ministers, students and faculty came to our rescue.
I went on to Teacher...Expand for more
s College-Columbia U where i earned a doctoral degree in 1983. I became a teacher, a counselor, the senior assistant to three chancellors of the NYC school system, superintendent of schools and regional deputy superintendent of 140 schools in NYC.
I currently own my own consulting business, and I am about to release a joint memoir with my son in the spring of 2012: "Warrior of the Void: Coming of Age in the Hip Hop Generation." Authors Askia Akhenaton Suleiman Ali Davis (son) and Askia Davis. Hope you will look for it.
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