There Was A Spirit

When the non-violent Civil Rights movement came to a close and the Black Power movement emerged, a generation of leaders less tolerant and more aggressive took the stage. A young, brilliant Black woman at the top of her class, Najwa K. Jackson was one of those leaders.

A senior at Casperton University and president of her sorority chapter of Omega Pi Alpha, Najwa was a force to be reckoned. On the campus of Casperton University where racial tensions were extraordinarily high, Black students were labeled among their own as either a part of the solution or a part of the problem. 1974 would be the year that challenged the character and mental stability of Najwa Jackson as she tried desperately to uphold both her identity as a Black woman and her sorority's principles. That year, history for ALL the students of Casperton University changed forever.