Description
- Abstract:
- In this interview, Laremont begins by explaining the academic initiative and activist spirit that brought her to Brown. There, she fondly remembers a “feeling of community” and campus dating, in spite of instances of racism. She describes her involvement in a number of campus activities and social groups; spearheading the College Venture Program; why her Brown experience was unique; her work at the Black Heritage Society; the shared black experience and moral obligation to teach men to respect women. She goes on to discuss what Brown taught her about women in leadership; the difficulties and ramifications of financial aid; Brown’s commitment to maintaining diversity; tensions with the BDH; and, finally, her greatest takeaways from the university and her trajectory after graduation.
- Notes:
- Class year: 1980
- Biographical note: Javette Laremont graduated from Brown in 1980, with a degree in English. After graduation, she took a marketing position at IBM, where she went on to become Director. With sponsorship from IBM, Laremont received marketing certification from the Wharton School and has since worked as General Sales Manager and Director of Marketing at a number of prominent companies. Today, she also serves as a Trustee Emerita and Chair of Brown University President\u2019s Diversity Advisory Council, making her the first black woman to head an Ivy League Alumni Board.
Citation
"Javette Damorra Pinkney, class of 1980"
(1994).
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:649969/
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Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
This collection contains oral history interviews with alumnae of Brown University, which admitted its first women students in 1891. The Women's College at Brown was renamed Pembroke College in 1928, and in 1971, Pembroke College merged with the Men's College …...